Parametric analysis of shape changes of alginate beads

Powder Technology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-66

  Shi, Pujiang ^a   He, Pengfei ^a   Teh, Thomas K H ^a   Morsi, Yos S ^b   Goh, James C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alginate bead; Control release system; Gelation; Shape; Voltage

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE BEADS; ALGINATE SOLUTIONS; CONTROL RELEASE; CONTROL RELEASE SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRICAL FORCE; GRAVITY FORCES; LIQUID DROPLETS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SHAPE; SHAPE CHANGE; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; VOLTAGE;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GELATION;

ALGINATE;

ALGINATE BEAD; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FORCE; GRAVITY; LIQUID; PARAMETRIC TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PEAR LIKE BEAD; SPERM LIKE BEAD; TEAR LIKE BEAD;

EID: 79953325340     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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