Tablet hardness tesrer اختبار الصلابه للأدوية

 Tablet hardness tesrer

 Definition: compression force applied diametrically to tablet just to break it

Tablets hardness describes its strength & resistance to breakage during handling, packaging, storage & transportation

Tablet hardness (or tablet crushing strength) is force required to break a tablet

  relationship of hardness to tablet disintegration, & perhaps more significantly , to drug dissolution rate, has become apparent

Tablet hardness test consists of breaking or crushing tablet by application of a compression force

Tablet hardness not absolute hardness as tablet may be broken due to Friability

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