Tablet Triturate Machine

The hardness of a tablet is manipulated by adjusting the constituent proportions of sugars. Two forms of these tablets can be made one is called a hypodermic tablet, it easily dissolves in water and is not a hard tablet. These types of tablets break down (mechanically) very easily during storage and transport. The second type is harder and retains its shape in transport. A general formula for hard tablets appears in Remington s Practice of Pharmacy five parts lactose to one part sucrose. The composition is moistened with 70% alcohol and mixed thoroughly. 

When the mixture is moistened too much, the consistency is too liquid to form tablets the tablets come out looking like a blob of gooey dough. If the mixture is not moistened enough the tablets will crack and fall apart. 

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