Supercritical fluids for pharmaceutical particle engineering: Methods, basic fundamentals and modelling

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-25

  Tabernero, Antonio ^a   Martín del Valle, Eva M ^a   Galán, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SOLVENTS; CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; PARTICLE ENGINEERING; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PARTICLES; SMALL-CRYSTALLINE; SUPERCRITICAL CO;

CARBON DIOXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

EID: 84865174579     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2012.06.004     Document Type: Review

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