Week 6 Powders 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Benefits of tablets
A
convenient easy to take easy to carry release rate is controllable easy to scale up versatile machinery
2
Q
Considerations of tablets
A
potency stability excipients physical chemical characteristics interaction between drugs and excipients
3
Q
Outline the manufacturing pipeline of a tablet
A
synthesis powder separation particle size reduction particle size separation combination of api + excipients Bulk powder Granulation Tablet compaction
4
Q
what is a powder
A
powders are a mixture of solid particles
5
Q
what are the composition of a powder
A
powder size density flowabilty compressibility stability
6
Q
Methods of powder production
A
chemical physical methods
mechanical methods
