Inter-tablet coating variability: Tablet residence time variability

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2705-2717

  Kalbag, Arjun ^a   Wassgren, Carl ^a,b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating; DEM; Pharmaceuticals; Rotating drum; Tablets; Variability

Indexed keywords

DEM; PHARMACEUTICALS; ROTATING DRUM; TABLETS; VARIABILITY;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; FRICTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ROTATION; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

COATINGS;

EID: 67349097141     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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