Effect of particle properties on the flowability of ibuprofen powders

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 109-117

  Liu, L X ^a   Marziano, I ^b   Bentham, A C ^b   Litster, J D ^c   E T White, ^a   Howes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowability; Hausner ratio; Ibuprofen; Particle size; Shear cell tester

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; MAGNESIUM STEARATE;

ARTICLE; FLOW; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; LUBRICATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING; POWDER; POWDER FLOWABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET MANUFACTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

IBUPROFEN; LUBRICANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; STEARIC ACIDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 50349099454     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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