Table 3.
Precompression parameters of powder blend
| Formulation code | Parameters |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angle of repose (θ) | Bulk density (g/cm3) | Tapped density (g/cm3) | Carr's index (%) | Hausner's ratio | |
| F1 | 30.15 ± 1.21 | 0.50 ± 0.005 | 0.646 ± 0.009 | 22.67 ± 1.40 | 1.28 ± 0.025 |
| F2 | 29.20 ± 0.42 | 0.508 ± 0.002 | 0.637 ± 0.0098 | 20.37 ± 1.61 | 1.24 ± 0.031 |
| F3 | 28.78 ± 1.29 | 0.493 ± 0.03 | 0.654 ± 0.012 | 24.7 ± 1.66 | 1.32 ± 0.030 |
| F4 | 28.03 ± 1.20 | 0.491 ± 0.015 | 0.651 ± 0.009 | 24.54 ± 0.78 | 1.32 ± 0.015 |
| F5 | 27.65 ± 1.27 | 0.522 ± 0.003 | 0.649 ± 0.008 | 19.55 ± 1.40 | 1.23 ± 0.025 |
| F6 | 26.28 ± 0.91 | 0.515 ± 0.005 | 0.635 ± 0.005 | 18.89 ± 0.39 | 1.22 ± 0.005 |
| F7 | 30.84 ± 0.81 | 0.547 ± 0.003 | 0.627 ± 0.004 | 13.12 ± 0.005 | 1.14 ± 0.010 |
| F8 | 29.20 ± 1.78 | 0.539 ± 0.003 | 0.629 ± 0.004 | 14.39 ± 0.54 | 1.16 ± 0.005 |
Results are presented as mean ± SD, n = 5.