Improving powder flow properties of citric acid by crystal hydration

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1744-1749

  Sun, Changquan ^a,b  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Hydrate; Powder flow properties; Shear cell; Surface properties; Unconfined yield strength

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HYDRATION; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 65949098899     PISSN: 00223549     EISSN: 15206017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jps.21554     Document Type: Article

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