A small-angle X-ray scattering study of powder compaction

Powder Technology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Laity, Peter R ^a   Cameron, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Powder; Small angle X ray scattering (SAXS)

Indexed keywords

GRANULATION; POWDERS; SCATTERING; X RAY SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC MORPHOLOGIES; AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; COMPACTION FORCES; COMPACTION MECHANISMS; COMPACTION PRESSURES; COMPRESSED POWDERS; COMPRESSION DIRECTIONS; DIE FILLINGS; NANOMETRE; PACKING DENSITIES; POWDER COMPACTIONS; POWDER COMPACTS; SCALE MORPHOLOGIES; SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS); TABLETTING; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS;

COMPACTION;

HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRESSURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 56549107748     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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