Table 3.

Particle size distribution estimation of the pellets containing chitosan (CHIT), sodium alginate (ALG), or hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) as a binder.

	CHIT	ALG	HPMC
Aperture Diameter of the Sieve (μm)	Remainder at the Sieve (%)	Remainder at the Sieve (%)	Remainder at the Sieve (%)
1250	0.06	18.42	0.15
900	0.23	28.63	20.87
710	64.51 *	50.62 *	75.42 *
500	23.32	2.20	3.35
355	4.22	0.01	0.02
250	3.88	0.00	0.00
<250	3.68	0.11	0.04

* the most represented size fraction.