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. 2010 Jan 9;11(1):90–102. doi: 10.1208/s12249-009-9352-9

Table II.

Summary of the Mechanical Properties of the DCL-14 and the MCC Layers of the Sample Set

Acoustic properties Mechanical properties Inline graphic
Tablet No. Layer V (m3) m (mg) ρ (kg/m3) c L (m/s) c T (m/s) E (GPa) v G (MPa)
Tablet01 DCL-14 120.43 149.12 1,238.22 2,142.85 1,315.31 5.69 0.33 2,142.17
MCC 87.73 99.88 1,138.48 1,375.03 846.39 2.15 0.32 815.58
Tablet02 DCL-14 121.77 148.98 1,223.45 2,147.77 1,309.86 5.64 0.34 2,099.11
MCC 87.94 100.19 1,139.33 1,373.28 845.32 2.15 0.32 814.13
Tablet03 DCL-14 120.14 149.28 1,242.55 2,143.46 1,316.47 5.71 0.33 2,153.46
MCC 87.14 99.21 1,138.56 1,371.68 846.95 2.14 0.31 816.72
Tablet04 DCL-14 121.26 149.05 1,229.17 2,148.38 1,312.33 5.67 0.34 2,116.89
MCC 88.02 100.23 1,138.71 1,370.31 845.12 2.14 0.32 813.30
Tablet05 DCL-14 120.29 149.19 1,240.25 2,143.41 1,316.91 5.70 0.33 2,150.91
MCC 87.55 99.64 1,138.11 1,369.91 844.98 2.14 0.32 812.60
Tablet06 DCL-14 120.88 149.92 1,240.23 2,139.43 1,315.78 5.68 0.32 2,147.18
MCC 87.03 99.11 1,138.79 1,374.75 846.15 2.15 0.32 815.34
Tablet07 DCL-14 120.79 149.58 1,238.35 2,140.29 1,308.25 5.67 0.34 2,119.46
MCC 87.25 99.38 1,138.98 1,374.28 843.12 2.15 0.33 809.65
Tablet08 DCL-14 121.03 149.82 1,237.87 2,141.84 1,315.65 5.68 0.33 2,142.67
MCC 88.02 100.24 1,138.87 1,371.14 842.26 2.14 0.32 807.92
Tablet09 DCL-14 121.83 148.86 1,221.86 2,139.36 1,314.25 5.59 0.32 2,110.46
MCC 87.62 99.71 1,138.01 1,368.23 840.23 2.13 0.33 803.42
Tablet10 DCL-14 120.31 149.17 1,239.88 2,139.18 1,312.41 5.67 0.33 2,135.59
MCC 87.36 99.46 1,138.51 1,369.82 845.21 2.14 0.32 813.33

Inline graphic is the determined mechanical property vector based on the contact ultrasonic measurements. V, m, and ρ values are extracted from direct mass density measurements and c L, c T are determined from TOF ultrasonic measurements for each BL-tablet layer