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friable

Crumbly, brittle. When asbestos is friable, it is hazardous.
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Sand brittleness, as measured by the friability and cone jolt toughness tests, is reduced, because, as a result of high core sand dilution, sand brittleness is one of the most common problems in U.
New Conditioning Practice Improves Sand Performance
Thus, W combines friability and the energy needed to fragment the aggregates.
Suboptimal fertilisation compromises soil physical properties of a hard-setting sandy loam
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
Tensile strength, friability and organic carbon in an oxisol under a crop-livestock system.
Influencia de la mineralogia de arcillas, textura y contenido de carbono organico sobre el indice de friabilidad de suelos cultivados con cana de azucar
The friability of the tablets was determined using Friability Tester (Erweka TA-3R, Germany).
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
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.
What is the data proving efficacy of non-estrogen oral therapy?
In our case surgical management with for example pneumonectomy was deemed unsuitable owing to the expected dense adhesion and pulmonary vasculature friability after CCRT and the high risk of vascular and bronchial stump rupture even after successful surgery outweighs any potential benefits.
A pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm caused by concurrent chemoradiation therapy for lung cancer
Ten tablets were weighed and placed into a tablet friability tester (Model CS-1, Vanguard Pharmaceutical Machinery Inc.
Preliminary investigation of in-vitro bioadhesive properties of selected natural gums
P and microcrystalline cellulose - were determined using crushing strength friability disintegration time the time taken for 50% (T50) and 90% (T90) drug dissolution as assessment parameter.
Investigation of a-Cellulose Content of Sugarcane Scrappings and Bagasse as Tablet Disintegrant

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