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Effects of moisture on the pressing of pharmaceutical powders

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The effects of moisture on the rheological and elastic-plastic characteristics of compressible powders and the qualitative characteristics of tablets of aspartame-containing sweetener were studied. Theoretical and experimental studies identified the need for additional stages of moistening tableting material in pressing techniques.

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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 44–46, January, 2009.

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Zhuikova, N.N., Sablina, O.S. & Gavrilov, A.S. Effects of moisture on the pressing of pharmaceutical powders. Pharm Chem J 43, 62–64 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-009-0227-x

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