Sunder Deep Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad

Sunder Deep Pharmacy College, Ghaziabad (259)

Subject: Pharmaceutics-VI (Physical Pharmacy)
Subject Code: PHARM-355
Question Bank-2
Long Questions
1. What are the various derived properties of powder? How can you determine them?
2. What are the various methods to determine particle size?
3. What are the various methods to determine particle volume?
4. Importance of porosity and packaging arrangement in pharmacy.
5. What are the various methods to determine particle surface area?
6. Discuss types of surface films or monolayer at liquid surface.
7. Write a note on Electrical Double Layer. What is Zeta and Nernst potential?
8. What are the various methods to determine the surface tension and interfacial tension?
9. What are the various ways to express surface tension?
10. Explain and classify adsorption isotherm? Write a note on Freundlich adsorption
isotherm or Langmuir adsorption isotherm.
11. Theories of emulsification. Explain.
12. Write a note on stability of Emulsion.

13. Write a note on formulation of suspension.

14. Write a note on the properties of colloids.
15. How are colloids obtained in pure state?
16. Write a note on the following: Protective colloid and Interaction of colloids
17. What do you understand by DLVO theory?
18. What do you understand by Angle of repose. Give its method of determination. How can
the flow property of powder be improved?
19. What is CMC? What are the factors affecting CMC? Write down the various
applications of surfactants.
Short Questions
1. Define: Feret diameter, Martin diameter, Projected diameter, Stokes diameter, Volume
diameter, Sieve diameter and Volume Surface Diameter.
2. What is the size distribution curve? Explain its types and gives its importance in
pharmacy.
3. Define micromeretics and powder rheology and give its importance in pharmacy.
4. What is average particle size of powder?
5. What is Particle number? How can we convert number distribution into weight
distribution and vice versa.
6. What is spreading coefficient?
7. What is BET equation?
8. What is HLB? Give the various formulas to calculate HLB.
9. Classify surfactants on the basis of ionization.
10. Write a short note on Complex films.
11. What do you understand by solubilization?
12. Write a note on wetting of particles.
13. What is Schulze-Hardy rule? What is its application? What is gold number?

14. Write a note on settling of particles in suspension.

15. Enumerate the pharmaceutical applications of Colloids.
16. Write a note on preservation of emulsions.
17. Explain what is flocculated and deflocculated suspensions.
18. Explain the terms: Sedimentation volume and Degree of Flocculation.
19. Write a note on identification of Emulsions.