Monitoring granulation rate processes using three PAT tools in a pilot-scale fluidized bed

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1083-1091

  Tok, Ai Tee ^a   Goh, Xueping ^a   Ng, Wai Kiong ^a   Tan, Reginald B H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; FBRM; Granulation; Near infra red; PAT

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG GRANULATION; FLUIDIZED BED; FOCUSED BEAM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT; LASER DIFFRACTION; MONITORING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ACOUSTICS; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACOUSTICS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 63649093587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12249-008-9145-6     Document Type: Article

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