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Fig. 3.5: Schematic diagram <strong>of</strong> ODTs hardness at various compaction <strong>for</strong>ces with a) 2%, b)5%, c) 10% and d) 20% superdisintegrants.The ODTs friability w<strong>as</strong> also investigated <strong>as</strong> a function <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> superdisintegrant leveland <strong>the</strong> applied compaction <strong>for</strong>ce (Fig. 6a-d). At 4 kN compaction <strong>for</strong>ces, friability levelswere very high <strong>for</strong> all superdisintegrants while at higher compaction <strong>for</strong>ces <strong>of</strong> 8-12kNfriability w<strong>as</strong> significantly decre<strong>as</strong>ed. This is due to <strong>the</strong> compactability <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> powder whilepunching <strong>the</strong> tablets. It is <strong>as</strong>sumed that higher <strong>the</strong> compression <strong>for</strong>ces better <strong>the</strong> hardness <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> tablets thus lower <strong>the</strong> friability values.55 | P a g e

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