PHYSICAL PHARMACY I - PRACTICAL

1. Determination of viscosity of liquids such as water, glycerin, liquid paraffin - light and heavy;
2. Determination of surface tension of water and a surfactant solution;
3. Determination of density of a solid;
4. Phase rule: Construction of phase diagram for phenol - water system;
5. Construction of phase diagram for triethanolamine - water system;
6. Rast camphor method: Determination of molecular weight of a substance (benzoic acid and aspirin);
7. Elevation of boiling point - determination of Vant hoff's factor;
8. Determination of refractive index and molar refractivity of liquids such as water, acetone, carbon tetrachloride and alchohol;
9. Quantitative applications of refractive index - determination of strength of alcohol or acetone;
10. Determination of specific rotation of dextrose solution and estimation of dextrose in solution by polarimetry;
11. Calibration of pH meter and determination of pH of solutions;
12. Acid-base titrations using pH meter
13. Determination of pKa by half - neutralization method;
14. Preparation of selected buffers and determination of buffer capacity of acetate buffer.

Suggested Books:
1. Physical Pharmacy by Alfred Martin
2. Bentley's Textbook of Pharmaceutics by E.A.Rawlins.
3. Remington's pharmaceutical sciences.
4. Physical pharmacy practical text by Guru Prasad Mohanta Kumar Mannan published by Pharma book syndicate.
5. Essentials of physical pharmacy by Derle D.V. published by Pharma book syndicate.