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Fig. 3.4: Schematic diagram <strong>of</strong> ODT disintegration times at various compaction <strong>for</strong>ces witha) 2%, b) 5%, c) 10% and d) 20% superdisintegrants.However, swelling is not <strong>the</strong> primary disintegration mechanism <strong>for</strong> XL10 and XL. XL10and XL can rapidly absorb water (wicking), due to <strong>the</strong>ir porous particle size morphology, andgenerate rapid volume expansion by incre<strong>as</strong>ing <strong>the</strong> hydrostatic pressure that causes tabletdisintegration. In contr<strong>as</strong>t, Viv<strong>as</strong>ol h<strong>as</strong> a fibrous non-porous particle structure which swells atslower rates and thus results in slower disintegration times. The Kollidon CL-SF grade h<strong>as</strong> afibrous particle shape (10-30 µm) and non-porous surface with swelling <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> maindisintegration mechanism. CL-SF exhibits low swelling pressure (~25 kPa) and relativelyincre<strong>as</strong>ed times to reach 90% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> swelling capacity (35 sec) while CL grades exhibit highswelling pressure (170 kPa) and rapid swelling times (5 sec). It would be re<strong>as</strong>onable toexpect, <strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e, superior tablet disintegration times <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> CL grades. Never<strong>the</strong>less, CL–SF grades present higher water uptake capacity (~7.0-8.5 g water/g polymer) to <strong>the</strong> CL53 | P a g e

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