Wet granule breakage in a breakage only high-hear mixer: Effect of formulation properties on breakage behaviour

Powder Technology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-164

  Liu, L X ^a   Smith, R ^a   Litster, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formulation properties; Granulation; Granule rate processes; Granule strength; Wet granule breakage

Indexed keywords

BINDER VISCOSITIES; CONTROLLED POROSITIES; DYNAMIC STRENGTHS; FORMULATION PROPERTIES; GRANULE RATE PROCESSES; GRANULE STRENGTH; IMPACT VELOCITIES; LIQUID BRIDGES; MIXING TIMES; PARTICLE SHAPES; POWDER SIZES; SAND MIXTURES; SHEAR MIXERS; VISCOUS FORCES; WET GRANULE BREAKAGE; YIELD STRENGTHS;

BINDERS; GRANULATORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PARTICLE SIZE; PELLETIZING; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

GRANULATION;

ARTICLE; MIXER; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWDER; SHEAR STRENGTH; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58349106657     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.04.029     Document Type: Article

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