Pore direction in relation to anisotropy of mechanical strength in a cubic starch compact

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 528-535

  Wu, Yu San ^a,d   Vliet, Lucas J ^b   Frijlink, Henderik W ^a   Stokroos, Ietse ^a   Voort Maarschalk, Kees ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NV Organon part of Schering Plough ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Compact; Fracture; Mechanical strength; Pore direction

Indexed keywords

POTATO STARCH; STARCH;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSHING STRENGTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TABLET; TABLET COMPRESSION; TABLET POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; POROSITY; POWDER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; POWDERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STARCH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 51449101693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12249-008-9074-4     Document Type: Article

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