BP307T · Semester 3 · B.Pharm

Unit I — Size Reduction, Size Separation & Mixing

Pharmaceutical Engineering

This study page introduces Size Reduction, Size Separation & Mixing in Pharmaceutical Engineering (BP307T), B.Pharm Semester 3. Read the selected definitions and short notes below, then download the full unit PDF.

Topics in this unit

  • Size Reduction and Size Separation
  • Mixing

Definitions and short notes

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  • Size reduction (comminution)

    Breaking a large solid drug or excipient into smaller pieces (powder).

    Unit PDF · page 2

  • Size separation

    Dividing a powder into fractions according to particle size — keeping the required size and rejecting the rest.

    Unit PDF · page 2

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