Study Set Content:
HARDNESS TEST
● The greater the pressure applied, the _____ the
tablets
harder
Tablets should be sufficiently hard to resist
breaking during normal handling and yet soft
enough to disintegrate properly after
swallowing.
A force of about _____ is the minimum
requirement for satisfactory tablet
4 kg
This is determined by diameter of the die,
amount of fill permitted to enter the die,
compaction characteristics of the fill material
and force or pressure applied during
compression
THICKNESS TEST
must be exercised to produce tablets of
uniform thickness.
Care
Tablet thickness may be measured using ______ during production or by automated
equipment.
hand gauge
Important in reproducing tablets identical in
appearance, but also to ensure that every
production lot will be usable with selected
packaging components.
Tablet Thickness
Also used as counting mechanism using filling
equipment
Tablet Thickness
Thickness must be controlled for consumer
acceptance of the product, and to facilitate
packaging
Determined with a
Micrometer Caliper(Vernier Caliper )and thickness gauge
Requirement: _____ of standard thickness
+/- 5%
This test is also known as “Crushing Strength
Test”.
Tablet Hardness Test
It is to test the breaking point and structural
integrity of a tablet “under conditions of storage,
transportation, and handling before usage”
Tablet Hardness Test
has been defined as the force
required to break a tablet in a diametric
compression tablet
Tablet hardness
Ischi company: The H-Series
splits into _____, every
tester model is testing
different parameters.
4 models
is testing HARDNESS,
THICKNESS, LENGTH and
WIDTH of tablets
The H4
model
delivers precise tablet hardness and
diameter measurements.
compact TBF 100i
hardness tester
simple, easy to use hardness
tester with the accuracy of
_____ controlled
data collection
microprocessor
built-in data processor
provides analysts with tablet
breaking force statistical
analyses at the touch of a
button.
THE compact TBF 100I hardness tester also records
Tablet thickness and weight
