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  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Background:

  • Particle density is crucial for material characterization in compression analyses.
  • Helium pycnometry, a common method, has limitations, especially with water-containing powders.
  • Existing alternative methods using compression data lack systematic investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically investigate and evaluate the robustness of Sun's and Krumme's methods for determining particle density.
  • To assess the applicability and sensitivity of these methods to variations in tableting settings.
  • To compare their performance against traditional methods and identify limitations.

Main Methods:

  • Twelve pharmaceutical excipients were compressed using varied tableting settings.
  • The particle density was determined using Sun's and Krumme's methods based on compression data.
  • The robustness of each method was evaluated against changes in experimental parameters.

Main Results:

  • Both Sun's and Krumme's methods demonstrated robustness against experimental variations.
  • Sufficient compression pressure is essential for accurate particle density determination.
  • Brittle materials with high yield pressure are unsuitable for these methods.
  • Krumme's method showed minimal deviation from helium pycnometry for water-free materials.
  • Krumme's method, using in-die elastic recovery, is applicable to water-containing materials.
  • Sun's method yielded lower particle density values due to the inclusion of slow elastic recovery.

Conclusions:

  • Sun's and Krumme's methods offer viable alternatives for particle density determination using compression data.
  • Krumme's method is particularly adaptable for both water-free and water-containing pharmaceutical powders.
  • Careful consideration of material properties (brittleness, yield pressure) and compression conditions is necessary for method selection.