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place in pharmaceutical preparation

• In pharmaceutical industry: Liquid dosage forms

  …use, they are made into suspensions. Suspensions consist of a finely divided solid dispersed in a water-based liquid. Like solutions and elixirs, suspensions often contain preservatives, sweeteners, flavours, and dyes to enhance patient acceptance. They frequently also contain some form of thickening or suspending agent to decrease the rate at…

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purification by centrifuge

• In centrifuge

  >suspension or dissolved in fluids. Suspended particles denser than the suspending liquid tend to migrate toward the periphery, while those less dense move toward the centre. The rapidity with which the migration proceeds is dependent on the intensity of the centrifugal field, the difference between…

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