3rd Edition

Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms - Tablets Unit Operations and Mechanical Properties

Edited By Stephen W. Hoag, Larry L. Augsburger Copyright 2008
    656 Pages 335 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms: Tablets, Volume 1examines the fundamental physical and chemical processes that the different unit oprations use, and then applies this knowledge to the discussion of the varying unit operations and processes.

    This volume covers:

    1. Principles of Sampling for Particulate Solids. 2. Particle and Powder Bed Properties. 3. Flow: General Principles of Bulk Solids Handling. 4. Blending and Blend Uniformity. 5. Milling. 6. Drying. 7. Spray Drying: Theory and Pharmaceutical Applications. 8. Pharmaceutical Granulation Processes, Mechanism, and the Use of Binders. 9. Dry Granulation. 10. The Preparation of Pellets by Extrusion/Spheronization. Coating Processes and Equipment. 12. Aqueous Polymeric Film Coating. 13. The Application of Thermal Analysis to Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms. 14. Preformulation Studies for Tablet Formulation Development. 15. Stability Kinetics. 16. Compaction Simulation
    17. Compression and Compaction.

    Biography

    Stephen W. Hoag, Larry L. Augsburger