Across
- 4. Powders that absorb so much moisture they dissolve into liquid.
- 5. Plasticizer that can leach from PVC containers into drug solutions.
- 6. A drug example that effloresces, losing water of crystallization.
- 9. The term for a drug changing its crystal arrangement without chemical change.
- 12. A factor causing precipitation when two solvents with different solubility properties mix.
- 14. Drugs like diazepam and nitroglycerin often undergo this surface phenomenon in PVC bags.
- 15. A strategy to prevent efflorescence: use this type of container.
Down
- 1. The phenomenon where cocoa butter overheats and solidifies incorrectly.
- 2. General term for sticking to a surface or penetrating into a material.
- 3. A polymer gum that coagulates in alcohol, often used as a suspending agent.
- 7. Cooling a solution often causes this physical change due to reduced solubility.
- 8. A moisture-loving powder that absorbs water but does not dissolve completely.
- 10. Process where a dissolved drug turns into solid particles in solution.
- 11. Powder that loses water of crystallization when exposed to air.
- 13. Cocoa butter exhibits this phenomenon, leading to different melting points.
