Unit 2
States of Matter and properties of matter:
State of matter, changes in the state of matter, latent heats, vapour pressure, sublimation critical point, eutectic mixtures, gases, aerosols – inhalers, relative humidity, liquid complexes, liquid crystals, glassy states, solidcrystalline, amorphous & polymorphism.
Physicochemical properties of drug molecules:
Refractive index, optical rotation, dielectric constant, dipole moment, dissociation constant, determinations and applications