Continuous granulation with a twin-screw extruder: Impact of material throughput

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 518-525

  Djuric, Dejan ^a   Kleinebudde, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous processing; Dicalcium phosphate; Granulation; Scale up; Tableting; Twin screw extruder

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; POVIDONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DRUG GRANULATION; DRUG GRANULE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET POROSITY; TABLET PROPERTY;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EXCIPIENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POVIDONE; SOLUBILITY; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 77956149778     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: 10979867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10837450903397578     Document Type: Article

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