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Research Article

Comparative study of the uniformity of coating thickness of pellets coated with a conventional Wurster chamber and a swirl generator-equipped Wurster chamber

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Pages 268-276 | Received 23 Aug 2010, Accepted 08 Oct 2010, Published online: 15 Nov 2010

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