Experimental and modeling approaches in characterizing coating uniformity in a pan coater: A literature review

Pharmaceutical Development and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-147

  Sahni, Ekneet ^a   Chaudhuri, Bodhisattwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating; Coefficient of variation; Modeling approaches; Particle tracking techniques; Tablets

Indexed keywords

DRUG COATING; EXPERIMENT; FILM COATING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TABLET;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG COMPOUNDING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TABLETS, ENTERIC-COATED;

EID: 84857389267     PISSN: 10837450     EISSN: 10979867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10837450.2011.649852     Document Type: Review

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