Research Article
Evaluation and Comparison of Three Types of Spray Dried Coprocessed Excipient Avicel® for Direct Compression
Table 2
Physical characteristics of CPE.
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Fw: flow through the orifice; θr: angle of repose (); θs: angle of slide; HR: Hausner ratio; CI: compressibility index; DB: bulk density; DT: tapped density; DP: pycnometric density; : porosity; MPS: mean particle size; , , and : diameters at which 10, 50, and 90% of the sample’s mass are comprised of particles with a diameter less than this value; SSA: specific surface area; : moisture content; UF3: undissolved fraction after 3 min; UF24: undissolved fraction after 24 hours; pH (2% solution); N/A: not applicable. |