A new perspective on the mechanical evaluation of granular material

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1126-1132

  Chan, Steven H ^a   Wang, Steve S Y ^a   Lai, Chiajen ^a   Grosso, John ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Bulk behavior; Granule Integrity index; Granule strength; Heckel; Kawakita; Material characterization; Material properties; Mechanical strength; Young's Modulus

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUIDIZATION; FORCE; GRANULE INTEGRITY; HYPOBARISM; MATERIAL STATE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PARAMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TABLETS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84874905242     PISSN: 03639045     EISSN: 15205762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03639045.2012.715353     Document Type: Article

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