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Pharmaceutical extrusion technology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ghebre-Sellassie, Isaac, 1947-, Martin, Charles
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2003]
Series:Drugs and the pharmaceutical sciences ; v. 133.
Subjects:
Pharmaceutical Preparations.
Biomedical Engineering.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical overview
  • Extruder design
  • Single-screw extrusion and screw design
  • Twin-screw extrusion and screw design
  • Die design
  • Material handling and feeder technology
  • Rheology and torque rheometers
  • Process design
  • Melt pelletization
  • Melt-extruded controlled-release dosage forms
  • Shape extrusion
  • Film, sheet, and laminate
  • Melt-extruded molecular dispersions
  • Melt-extruded particulate dispersions
  • Extrusion/spheronization
  • Twin-screw wet granulation
  • Installation, commissioning, and qualification
  • Controls and instrumentation
  • Future trends