The control of paracetamol particle size and surface morphology through crystallisation in a spray dryer
Advanced Powder Technology, ISSN: 0921-8831, Vol: 31, Issue: 1, Page: 287-299
2020
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Article Description
The parameters governing the crystallisation of paracetamol using various conventional techniques has been extensively studied, however the factors influencing the drug crystallisation using spray drying is not as well understood. The aim of this work was to investigate the crystallisation of an active pharmaceutical ingredient through evaporative crystallisation using a spray dryer to study the physicochemical properties of the drug and to use semi-empirical equations to gain insight into the morphology and particle size of the dried powder. Paracetamol solutions were spray dried at various inlet temperatures ranging from 60 °C to 120 °C and also from a series of inlet feed solvent compositions ranging from 50/50% v/v ethanol/water to 100% ethanol and solid-state characterisation was done. The size and morphology of the dried materials were altered with a change in spray drying parameters, with an increase in inlet temperature leading to an increase in particle Sauter mean diameter (from 3.0 to 4.4 µm) and a decrease in the particle size with an increase in ethanol concentration in the feed (from 4.6 to 4.4 µm) as a result of changes in particle density and atomised droplet size. The morphology of the dried particles consisted of agglomerates of individual crystallites bound together into larger semi-spherical agglomerates with a higher tendency for particles having crystalline ridges to form at higher ethanol concentrations of the feed.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921883119303747; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2019.10.021; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85075366236&origin=inward; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921883119303747; https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0921883119303747?httpAccept=text/xml; https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0921883119303747?httpAccept=text/plain; https://dul.usage.elsevier.com/doi/; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apt.2019.10.021
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