Pseudo ternary phase diagrams: a practical approach for the area and centroid calculation of stable microemulsion regions

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BERKMAN M. S., Gulec K.

ISTANBUL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY, cilt.51, sa.1, ss.42-49, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.26650/istanbuljpharm.2020.0090
  • Dergi Adı: ISTANBUL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.42-49
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Microemulsion, pseudo ternary phase diagram, coordinate geometry, algorithm, Microsoft (R) Excel macro, EMULSIONS, SYSTEM
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background and Aims: This study aims to develop and evaluate a practical approach for the complicated area and centroid calculation of stable microemulsion regions. Pseudo ternary phase diagrams are used to determine the region of microemulsion existence. The effect of various surfactant/co-surfactant weight ratios on the extent of a stable microemulsion area can easily be observed with these diagrams. Furthermore, the optimum formulations are selected using the centroid of the microemulsion region.