12937 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 200
| Area: | School of Pharmacy |
| Credits: | 50.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 12935 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 100 or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Powder systems - the importance of particle size, granulation, particle size analysis, surface area measurement. Tablet formulation, compression and evaluation. Rheology - Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow, thixotropy, rheology in formulations and evaluation. Colloids and pharmaceutical suspensions, surface phenomena, suppositories, creams, pH and solubility, pharmaceutical buffers and isotonicity. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have developed - an appreciation of the physical pharmacy of selected solid, semi-solid and liquid medications, practical skills in the evaluation of physical and physico-chemical properties of pharmaceutical preparations, an appreciation of interpretation of scientific data, an appreciation of more complex liquid pharmaceutical systems, including emulsions and micelluar solutions. Demonstrated a knowledge of pharmaceutical buffers and of the effects ofpH on solubility in pharmaceutical preparations.. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Winfield A.J. and Richards R.M.E., (1998), Pharmaceutical Practice, 2nd ed., Churchill Livingstone. The Pharmaceutical Codex, (1994), 12th ed., Pharmaceutical Press. British Pharmacopoeia, HMSO, Current Edition. Banker G.S. and Rhodes C.T., (1996), Modern Pharmaceutics, 3rd ed., Marcel Dekker. Pharmaceutics 200 Course Book, Curtin University of Technology. Martin A.N., (1993), Physical Pharmacy, 4th ed., Lea and Febiger.(optional). |
| Unit Texts: | Attwood, D. and Florence, A. T. (1998) Physio-chemical Principles of Pharmacy. 3rd ed. MacMillan. Aulton, M. (1987). Pharmaceutics. The Science of dosage form design. Churchill Livingstone. Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook. Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, current edition. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Practical Test 25%. Theory Test 25%. Theory Examination 55%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Full Year | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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