Week 8 disperse systems surfactants and suspending agents Flashcards

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Problematic in pharmaceutics;
-Wetting process hindered if surface tension too high
-Add surfactant molecules to replace some of the water molecules in the surface
-Forces of attraction between surfactant and water molecules are less than those between two water molecules, hence the contraction force is reduced

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