Arising of electrostatic charge in the mixing process and its influencing factors

Powder Technology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-268

  Karner, Stefan ^a   Urbanetz, Nora Anne ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH CENTER PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electrostatic charge; Influencing factors; Inhalation powder; Mannitol; Mixing; Tumble blending

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MATERIAL; CHARGE DISSIPATION; CHARGE MEASUREMENTS; CONTAINER WALLS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS (DOE); DRY POWDER INHALER; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; FARADAY CUPS; FINES FRACTION; INFLUENCING FACTOR; MANNITOL; MIXING PROCESS; MIXING TIME; PHARMACEUTICAL POWDER; POWDER BULK; POWDER SAMPLES; STATISTICAL TOOLS; SWITZERLAND; TRIBOELECTRIC CHARGING;

BLENDING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSTATICS; MIXING; POLYPROPYLENES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CONTAINERS;

DRUG CARRIER; MANNITOL; POLYPROPYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AMOUNT OF FINE PARTICLE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHARGE DISSIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY POWDER; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MIXING CONTAINER SIZE; MIXING TIME; PARTICLE SIZE; PHARMACEUTICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRIBOELECTRIC CHARGE;

EID: 84861882422     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.04.062     Document Type: Article

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