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(Eq. 1.1)
= - D
(Eq. 1.2)
Where J represents the diffusional flux of the drug; D is the diffusion coefficient of
the drug; C is the concentration of the drug; and x the distance of diffusion.
When drug release is dominated by surface erosion Korsmeyer and peppas developed
a general model for drug release from a planar matrix containing dissolved drug.
= Kt
n
(Eq. 1.3)
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