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Fig. 10
(a) Correlation of contact angle of water
on the powder compacts containing
0.5-10 × 10-5 M/g of paraffins and
silicones with the disintegration time
(min.) of the corresponding tablets
compressed at 20°C: light liquid
paraffin (filled circle), liquid paraffin
(open circle), white soft paraffin (filled
triangle), paraffin (open square),
silicone dc 200/20 (filled star), silicone
dc 200/50 (filled inverted triangle), and
silicone dc 550 (filled square). (b)
Correlation of contact angle of water
on the powder compacts containing
0.5-10 × 10-5 M/g of paraffins with t
90
and t100 of the corresponding tablets
compressed at 20°C: light liquid
paraffin -t
90 (filled circle), t100 (open
circle); liquid paraffin -t
90 (filled
inverted triangle), t
100 (open inverted
triangle); white soft paraffin t
90 (filled
triangle), t
100 (open triangle); paraffin
wax -t
90 (filled square), t100 (open
square) [Int. J. Pharm. 15: 75, 1983].
and the drug product and that are germane to the characteristics of drug and excipients incorporated in the formulation.
2. Modeling Dissolution Behavior
The absorption of the active ingredient is regulated by physiochemical properties of the drug and the manner in which it is formulated. The primary prop-

 
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