DIPLOMA IN PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY II

5/31/20
PHARAMACEUTICS 210: RHEOLOGY & FLOW OF FLUIDS

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

At the end of this topic, the trainee shall be able to:

1) Define rheology as it relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms

2) Describe the rheological properties of solids, liquids and gases
3) Describe the stress elongation curves for solids
4) Describe flow of liquids in terms of shear rate and stress
5) Describe the equipment used in viscometry
6) Describe the Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow

TOPIC OUTLINE

a) Rheology in relation to pharmaceutical dosage forms

b) Rheological properties of solids, liquids and gases
c) Stress elongation curves for solids: Hooks law
d) Viscosity in terms of shear rate of stress
e) Flow of liquids in terms of shear rate and stress
f) Equipment used in viscometry
g) Effect of temperature on viscosity, Arrhenius equations
h) Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids
i) Pseudoplasticity

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Lecture notes by D.R Agunda R.A.