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Noun: crystallinity
  1. (chemistry) The degree of structural order in a solid.
    "The crystallinity of drug substances and additives is one of the fundamental physicochemical properties in formulation design because it affects the pharmaceutical properties such as dissolution behaviour, hygroscopicity, chemical stability and bioavailability of oral solid dosage forms."

Derived forms: crystallinities

Type of: physical property

Encyclopedia: Crystallinity

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