Pressure drop doesn't depend on pipe material (laminar flow)

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why does the pressure drop equation derived for the laminar flow has no parameter to indicate the surface roughness of the material of the pipe,unlike the turbulent flow !
 
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The boundary layer velocity is zero.
 
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