Formulation stage solid

There are a number of crystal aspects of the API that should be briefly examined. Knowledge of crystal habit, particle size distribution, surface area, and optical properties are important because these characteristics will affect the stability of all solid dosage forms in excipient compatibility testing (9,10). Although single crystal data may not be available at early formulation stages, predicted data may be available, based on powder x-ray diffraction (PXRD) studies, and should be considered (11). 

Solid shapes or powders are formulated from solid or liquid (when used as a B stage) epoxy resins and curing agent. Fillers, additives, and other modifiers are often used as they are with liquid or paste epoxy adhesive formulations. However, consideration must be given to the flow properties of the adhesive when heated as well as the application properties. 

Figure 8. Variation of with the conversion in stage 2 for formulations F20 and F40 - the solid curves - and the same formulations but now with monomer Q instead of T and a simultaneous reduction in molar concentration by 25 % - the dotted curves.

It may be envisioned that a protocol for the complete physical characterization of a solid material could easily be developed. At the early stages in drug development, each lot of active drug, excipients, and formulated blends would be characterized as fully as possible. A feedback loop would be established after each formulation run, in which the physical characteristics of the input materials were correlated with the quality of formulated product. Out of these studies would come an understanding of what particular properties were essential to the production of an acceptable formulation. 

In 1974 Midwest Research Institute operated a pilot-scale multiple chamber incinerator to evaluate for EPA the operational variables for pesticide incineration (8). The system included a. pilot-scale incinerator, a three-stage scrubber system, and a scrubber water treatment system. Nine pesticides (aldrin, atrazine, captan, DDT, malathion, mirex, picloram, toxaphene, and zineb) in 15 liquid and solid formulations were studied. Destruction efficiencies generally exceeded 99.99% over a range of temperatures and retention times ( 950 to 1100°C, 1.2 to 6 s, and 80 to 160% excess air). This study also documented the generation of measurable quantities of cyanide in the incinerator off-gas during the incineration of organonitrogen pesticides. 

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