A Review on Freeze Drying of Drugs with tert-Butanol (TBA) + Water Systems: Characteristics, Advantages, Drawbacks

Drying Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-385

  Vessot, Séverine ^a   Andrieu, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Annealing; Crystal morphology; Freeze drying; Residual solvent; Sublimation enthalpy; tert Butanol; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY; FREEZE DRYING; RESIDUAL SOLVENTS; SUBLIMATION ENTHALPY; TERT BUTANOL;

ALCOHOLS; ANNEALING; DRYING; ENTHALPY; FREEZING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

SUBLIMATION;

EID: 84856891080     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.628133     Document Type: Article

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