Lab glossary
Disintegration
The break-up of a tablet or capsule into particles in a liquid under standard agitation. Complete disintegration leaves no firm core on the mesh, only a soft mass or insoluble coating or shell fragments.
- Also: DT
- Also: disintegration time
Where you will meet this term
- InstrumentDisintegration Test Apparatus
- InstrumentTablet Hardness Tester (Breaking Force Tester)
- Test methodDisintegration Time of Tablets and Capsules
- Test methodTablet Hardness (Breaking Force) and Friability
- CalibrationDisintegration tester: Stroke frequency & distance
- CalibrationDisintegration tester: Temperature
- CalibrationHardness tester: Force accuracy