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. 2010 Mar 26;11(2):538–549. doi: 10.1208/s12249-010-9415-y

Table IV.

Summary of Particle Size Distributions and Circularities Produced in the Eight Conditions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Yield 19.7 29.3 11 25 18.2 11.4 20 28.6
SEM CMD (μm) 1.25 1.24 1.82 1.57 1.33 1.19 1.67 1.77
GSD 2.01 1.58 1.75 1.34 1.21 1.26 1.47 1.48
Circularity 0.95 0.93 0.91 0.95 0.91 0.95 0.95 0.98
LD D v,10 (μm) 1.88 1.84 1.98 1.81 1.54 1.86 1.77 1.81
D v,50 (μm) 2.20 2.16 2.44 2.13 1.81 2.09 2.02 2.14
D v,90 (μm) 6.43 5.78 7.09 6.05 2.36 2.32 2.28 2.67
Span 2.06 1.82 2.09 1.98 0.45 0.22 0.26 0.4

PSD particle size distribution, CMD count median diameter, GSD geometric standard deviation, Circularity 4π•(area per square perimeter), D v,10 particle size at tenth percentile of the cumulative distribution, D v,50 particle size at 50th percentile of the cumulative distribution, D v,90 particle size at 90th percentile of the cumulative distribution, Span (D v,90 − D v,10)/D v,50