Abstract
Batch homogeneity during lyophilization is crucial to ensure products with high quality. Known as edge-vial-effect, vials at the corners and edges tend to run warmer than center vials during primary drying. This is associated with risk of collapse or increased costs due to use of more conservative, longer drying conditions resulting in lower product temperature. The edge-vial-effect has been attributed to radiation coming from the chamber wall. We could show that the neighbor vial has a dominant impact on product temperature during lyophilization. Depending on the number of neighbors as well as the distance to a neighbor vial, the neighbor vial exerts a remarkable cooling effect. Energy transfer by gas conduction enables the cooling effect of a neighboring vial over a distance up to 10 mm. This not only leads to prolonged primary drying but also impacts cake appearance. Thus, to avoid trouble during lyophilization you have to watch out for the neighborhood. (C) 2020 American Pharmacists Association (R). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
| Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
|---|---|
| Fakultät: | Chemie und Pharmazie > Department für Pharmazie - Zentrum für Pharmaforschung |
| Themengebiete: | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie |
| ISSN: | 0022-3549 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Dokumenten ID: | 97887 |
| Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 05. Jun. 2023, 15:27 |
| Letzte Änderungen: | 05. Jun. 2023, 15:27 |
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