Physical Pharmacy : Practical Text (Third Revised Edition)

Contents: Preface. 1. SI systems of units. 2. Solubility. 3. Distribution coefficient. 4. Density. 5. Bulk density. 6. Specific gravity. 7. Flow properties. 7a. Carr's index. 8. Dissociation constant (pKa). 9. Surface tension. 10. Buffer. 11. Micromeritics. 12. Viscosity. 13. Adsorption isotherm. 14. Physical stability of suspension. 15. Physical stability of emulsion. 16. Complexation. 17. Rate kinetics. 18. Stability testing. Appendix. Bibliography. From the Preface: "The Physical Pharmacy subject and its principles provide a foundation to pharmacy students to understand the basis for development of new drugs, dosage forms and their improvement. Understanding the basic principles and developing skill and competency to perform physical pharmacy experiments is essential. The pharmacy students would find the text useful for performing Physical Pharmacy experiments and learning the concepts of Physical Pharmacy as they are applied to pharmaceutical sciences. The teachers too may find handy for training their students. Any suggestions and criticisms for improving the text would be gratefully accepted.".