Analyzing Tensile Strength and Fracture Behavior in MCC and Lactose Composite Tablets

By Melanie Hacopian1; Marcial Gonzalez2; Isabel Bojanini3; Vidal Lopez4; Jesse Lee Hoffman; Caroline Baker2

1. California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 2. Purdue University 3. University of California, Berkeley 4. University of California, Riverside

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Tablets containing various compositions of MCC and Lactose at several relative densities were subjected to fracture and analyzed for tensile strength. Results showed that as the mass fraction of Lactose increased, tensile strength and fracture strength decreased. Analyzing the tensile strength and fracture pressures of various filler combinations is important in order to determine the proper filler and filler density for a drug in pharmaceutical industry. 

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  • Melanie Hacopian, Marcial Gonzalez, Isabel Bojanini, Vidal Lopez, Jesse Lee Hoffman, Caroline Baker (2019), "Analyzing Tensile Strength and Fracture Behavior in MCC and Lactose Composite Tablets," https://nanohub.org/resources/30077.

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  1. drug delivery
  2. MCC
  3. NCN URE
  4. tensile strength
  5. undergraduate research