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friable

Crumbly, brittle. When asbestos is friable, it is hazardous.

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The lower the friability rate, the more resistant the briquette.

Production and evaluation of briquettes from urban pruning residue and sugarcane bagasse/Producao e avaliacao de briquetes a partir de residuos de poda urbana e bagaco de cana-de-acucar

The study confirmed that brands of glibenclamide tablets complied with the official specification for hardness, friability, assay, and disintegration.

In Vitro and In Vivo Quality Evaluation of Glibenclamide Tablets Marketed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The friability indices ([F.sub.Y] and [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) were [log.sub.10]- transformed to obtain homogeneity of the variances.

Suboptimal fertilisation compromises soil physical properties of a hard-setting sandy loam

Hardness varied from 37.69 [+ or -] 4.08 to 48.73 [+ or -] 5.62N, and the friability was less than 1%, indicating that the tablets had sufficient mechanical integrity and would be able to withstand packaging and carrying.

Development and evaluation of mosapride citrate orally disintegrating tablets for dogs/Desenvolvimento e avaliacao de comprimidos de desintegrados de citrato demosaprida para caes por via oral

The average friability and hardness of the formulations were in USP acceptable range and fulfilling the requirements of dosage uniformity (table 3).

PHARMACOKINETIC EVALUATION OF CLARITHROMYCIN ORAL CONTROLLED RELEASE MATRIX TABLETS FOR DESIRED BIOAVAILABILITY AND IMPROVED PATIENT COMPLIANCE

Friability [16] was determined from the weight loss of the sample after friction.

Enhanced mechanical properties, thermal stability of phenolic-formaldehyde foam/silica nanocomposites via in situ polymerization

Active Energy said that the finished fuel, which can be delivered in a range of different compacted formats (pellets, granules, briquettes or bales), contains similar thermal and friability characteristics to coal, enabling it to immediately be used in existing coal-fired power stations without costly retro-fitting, reconstruction or output losses.

Active Energy, Biomass Energy Enhancements Enter JV to Commecialise Coal-Replacement Technology

Commercial and test burn results demonstrate that it dramatically increases the friability of the slag and bottom ash, facilitating easy removal with existing soot blowers, resulting in an overall reduction of maintenance costs due to shorter and less frequent outages.

Increase fuel choices while maintaining a slagging and fouling-free boiler

Friability and wet tensile strength tests are currently used in the industry, the modified cone jolt and thermal erosion tests may allow metalcasters to improve the control of their green sand systems, in a more timely manner.

Dynamic testing of green sand: can metalcasters better monitor sand properties by adopting additional testing methods?

In our case the lesion replaced almost entirely the testicular parenchyma, showing a variable appearance, friability, cavitations in a reticular pattern and soft brown hemorrhagic material and fibrin without evidence of neoplasia.

The strange case of a hematocele mistaken for a neoplastic scrotal mass

At end point, clinical vaginal examinations demonstrated improvements in all domains of tissue integrity such as pallor, petechiae, friability, and vaginal mucosal dryness, compared to placebo indicating a restorative tissue effect along with symptom relief.