Advance of evaluation methods for flowability of pharmaceutical powders
WANG Liang
PAN Jing
YUAN Ying
FENG Chunlai
XU Ximing
Abstract：Research progress on the evaluation methods for flowability of pharmaceutical powders was reviewed.The principle and characteristics of four evaluation methods including angle of repose method,the outflow velocity method,compressibility method and shear test method were introduced and the evaluation system using Carr index was summarized.The research progress of shear test method was emphatically introduced.A reference might be provided in the selection of evaluation methods for flowability of pharmaceutical powders and in the study of measurement methodology of powder flowability.
Keywords：pharmaceutical powderflowabilityevaluation methodshear testinter-particle friction
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)