Plasticity in Tablets from Microcrystalline Cellulose

A study of parameters (power, speed), affect on force - displacement profile, microcrystalline celulose (AVICEL PH - 102® ) and other types of excipients in direct compression 2007, s. 1 - 73 Filip Reich Charles univerzity in Prague, Fakulty of Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmaceutical technology, Heyrovského street 1203, 500 05, Hradec Králové accepted 15th. may 2007 Abstract Compression behaviour, plasticity, of a direct compression excipient, microcrystalline celulose (AVICEL PH - 102), was studied in this work. The compaction property, plasticity, has been acquired with three methods,two procession with the "one-point" plotting, the last one with the "area" plotting. In this work avicel was tableting with slower and more even increase of the compacting power. Yielded results were compared with results from the studies of other laborers, who were solving the same problem by using different compaciton properties, including the speed of tableting 2 mm/s, and using also the same excipients. The acquired plasticity indicated, that these methods gave compareable results. In the force - plasticity profile we can find two apparent slots, the first characterize the phase before the start of compaction, the second one shows the phase of plastic deformation. The character of the force - plasticity curve in the phase..