12937 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 200


Area:

School of Pharmacy

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

6.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

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
 

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.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

60500 Pharmacy (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Full Year Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area