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OF PHARMACEUTICALS
P e t t e r i Paronen
ABSTRACT
I n t h i s s t u d y t h e u s e f u l n e s s o f d i f f e r e n t k i n d o f Heckel
t r e a t m e n t s t o d e s c r i b e t h e e ' l a s t i c p r o p e r t i e s o f t h e compressed
means o f t h e f i r s t d e r i i v a t i v e o f t h e H e c k e l f u n c t i o n . The r e -
l i a b l e c o n c l u s i o n s f r o m t h e t o t a l e l a s t i c r e c o v e r y were p o s s i b l e
t o o b t a i n u s i n g t h e r e c i p r o c a l o f t h e d i f f e r e n c e o f t h e Heckel
u s e f u l f o r d e s c r i b i n g t h e f a s t e l a s t i c i t ~ yd u r i n g t h e t a b l e t i n g
process.
1903
INTRODUCTION-
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I n ( - -1- ) = kP + A
l-D
where I1 i s t h e packing f r a c t i o n o f t h e t a b l e t , or t h e a p p a r e n t
den5it.y of t h e t a b l e t d i v i d e d by the e f f e c t i v e p a r t i c l e d e n s i t y .
from t h e s l o p e and i n t e r c e p t , r e s p e c t i v e l y , of t h e e x t r a p o l a t e d
l i n e a r p o r t i o n of the p l o t of I n (l/(l-D)) v s . P .
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l e t s a f t e r t h e e j e c t i o n of t h e t a b l e t from t h e d i e , a r e used f o r
conclusions. D i f f e r e n t kind of d a t a i s o b t a i n e d using d i f f e r e n t
HECKEL PLOTS .4S INDICATORS OF E L A S T I C P R O P E R T I E S 1905
c o n c l u s i o n s f r o m t h e d e f o r m a t i o n p r o p e r t i l e s o f t h e compared ma-
t e r i a l s a r e p o s s i b l e t o make u s i n g b o t h o f t h e s e methods a t t h e
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same s t u d y .
The a i m o f t h i s s t u d y was t o e v a l u a t e t h e u s e f u l n e s s o f
d i f f e r e n t k i n d o f Heckel t r e a t m e n t s t o d e s c r i b e e s p e c i a l l y t h e
e l a s t i c p r o p e r t i e s o f t h e compressed m a t e r i a l s .
~ Materials
The m a t e r i a l s s t u d i e d were; m i c r o c r y s t a l l i n e c e l l u I o s e ,
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d i h y d r a t e , Parmcompress ( F i r m a P a r m a n t i e r , West-Germany), m o d i f i e d
s t c r c h , S t a r c h 11500 ( C o l o , r c o n L t d . , U K ) , sodium c h l o r i d e ( M e r c k ,
known d i f f e r e n c e s i n t h e i r d e f o r m a t i o n p r o p e r t i e s . A l l t h e ma-
M i c r o c r y s t a l l i n e c e l l u l o s e and e s p e c i a l l y m o d i f i e d s t a r c h a r e
r a t h e r much e l a s t i c a l l y d e f o r m - i n g m a t e r i a l s o t h e r w i s e t h a n d i -
c a l c i u m p h o s p h a t e and s o d i u m c h l o r i d e , w h i c h d e f o r m s e l a s t i c a l l y
)nly a l i t t l e .
Tab1 e t i n g
Tableting parameter
RESULTS
_ _ ~ DISCUSSION-
AND -
a t t h e o r d e r ; modified s t a r c h , m i c r o c r y s t a l l i n e c e l l u l o s e , sodium
c h l o r i d e and dicalcium phosphate d i h y d r a t e ( s e e Fig. 1 ) . The
v a l u e s -in Table 1 ) .
o b t a i n e d using t h e e j e c t e d t a b l e t method ( K
P
The o r d e r of t h e m a t e r i a l s according t o t h i s permanent
d e n s i f i c a t i o n tendency i s t h e f o l l o w i n g : sodium c h l o r i d e , micro-
c r y s t a l l i n e c e l l u l o s e , modified s t a r c h and dicalcium phosphate
dihydrate. The d i f f e r e n c e between the o r d e r s of t h e m a t e r i a l s
o b t a i n e d by t h e s e two methods i n d i c a t e s g r e a t d i f f e r e n c e s i n t h e
t e n d e n c i e s t o e l a s t i c recovery.
4 AVICEL PH 1 0 1
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60 120 180
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P R E S S U R E , MPa
4i
PARMCOMPRESS
I I I
60 120 180
PRESSURE, MPa
FIGURE 1
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1
60
SODIUM C H L O R I D E
PRESSURE, MPa
120
FIGURE 1 Continued.
HECKEL PLOTS AS 1NDI:CATORS OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES
1808
1909
1910 PARONEN
TABLE 1
The r e c i p r o c a l o f t h e s l o p e v a l u e s o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e H e c k e l
p l o t s u s i n g d i f f e r e n t methods
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Ta b l e t - in - d i e E j e c t e d t a b - Combination
met hod l e t s method method
K
Material Kd Kef P Ket
y i e l d pressure o f t o t a l deformation
Kd =
y i e l d pressure o f f a s t e l a s t i c deformation
Kef=
K = y i e l d pressure o f p l a s t i c deformation
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P
K ~ y~ i e =l d p r e s s u r e o f t o t a l e l a s t i c d e f o r m a t i o n
c o m p r e s s i o n p r o c e s s i n t h e d e and a l s o a f t e r t h e e j e c t i o n o f t h e
p h a t e d i h y d r a t e and e s p e c i a l l y s o d i u m c h l o r i d e a r e c l e a r l y l e s s
l o s e and m o d i f i e d s t a r c h a r e .
o f t h e H e c k e l p l o t s w o u l d be p o s s i b l e t o use f o r d e s c r i b i n g t h e
f a s t e l a s t i c i t y o f t h e m a t e r i a l s d u r i n g t h e compression process.
ments i s some l a r g e r t h a n t h e d e v i a t i o n o f o t h e r p a r a m e t e r v a l u e s
HECKEL PLOTS AS INDICATORS OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES 1911
CONC L US I 0 N S
c i t y during t h e t a b l e t ng process.
AC KNOW L E DG EM E NT!:
The p r a c t i c a l work o f t h i s s t u d y ha:; been done a t t h e
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, U n i v e r s i t y of I3onn, B R D .
I want t o thank p r o f e s s o r F r i t z Miiller f o r provid-ing good f a c i l i -
REFERENCES
l a r a r e , T u r k u , F i n l a n d 11. - 12.6.1985, A b s t r a c t No 26