Surface free energy data to predict the surface modification ability of force control agents

In this study,the efficiency of using force control agents (fcas) namely polyethylenglycol 6000 (peg) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (povidone k-30) (pvp) and sodium lauryl sulfate (sls) in modifying the surface of lactose were invisitigated. lactose surface was modified by sinking within aqueous solution containing one of each mentioned fcas. the surface free energies of fcas unprocessed lactose and processed lactose powders were measured using contact angle measurements. results showed high negative spreading cofficient (λ12) of sls over lactose which expalins the disability of sls to adhere to the surfaces of lactose. on other hand,a positive λ12value of pvp enabled its adherence to lactose surfaces and so to modify the surface energy to a significant extent. these changes were furthermore observed in case of peg which had the highest λ12compared to others. it is concluded that the more positive the spreading coefficient of a fca over lactose,the higher the ability of the fca to modify the surface of lactose is. also the cohesion works of the powders were directly correlated to the carr’s index and hausner ratio which are used as indictors of the flow ability. it was also found that all the modified surface lactose powders had surface free energy and cohesion work less than the original lactose. therefore,surface free energy data can be used as a predict tool to screen for the suitable fca for each carrier. dsc and ft-ir confirmed the absence of any significant interaction between fcas and lactose. © 2015 dar publishers/the university of jordan. all rights reserved.