NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -‗Lamination’ is the separation of a tablet into two or more distinct horizontal layers. Reason: Air–entrapment during compression and subsequent release on ejection.

Detailed explanation-2: -MOTTLING Mottling’ is the term used to describe an unequal distribution of colour on a tablet, with light or dark spots standing out in an otherwise uniform surface. Reason: One cause of mottling may be a coloured drug, whose colour differs from the colour of excipients used for granulation of a tablet.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common tablet defects are; weight variation, friability variation, hardness prob-lems, picking, sticking, capping, laminating, chipping, mottling, and double pressing or im-pressions. The top three are most common tablet defects are; Capping & Laminating, Sticking& Picking, and Hardness variation.