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6. Materials and Equipments

Table 6.1 List of Materials

Sr.No. Materials Procurements From

1 Sorbitan Monostearate Loba Chem Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

(Span 60)

2 Cholesterol E.Merck (India) Ltd., Mumbai

3 Oxybenzone Shalaks Pharmaceuticals,

(Gift Sample) New Delhi

4 Methanol A.R E.Merck (India) Ltd., Mumbai

5 Ethanol A.R E.Merck (India) Ltd., Mumbai

6 Sodium Hydroxide A. R E.Merck (India) Ltd., Mumbai

7 Potassium Di-hydrogen E.Merck (India) Ltd., Mumbai

Phosphate A.R

8 Carbopol (940) CP Kelco Ltd.

(Gift Sample)

The following chemicals of analytical grade were used:

Stearic acid, Potassium chloride, Sodium chloride, Triethanolamine, Potassium

hydroxide, Disodium hydrogen phosphate.

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Table 6.2: List of Equipments

Sr. No. Equipments Made From

1 Single pan balance B154, 1113371982,Mettler

Toledo, Switzerland

2 Magnetic Constant speed stirrer Heidolph RZR 2051

3 Inverted Microscope Nikon

4 Centrifuge Eppendorf,USA.

5 UV Visible Spectrophotometer Jasco V-530, Japan

6 FTIR spectrophotometer Jasco V5300, Japan.

7 Differential scanning calorimetry Mettler- Toledo, Switzerland

8 Transmission electron microscopy CM12; Philips, Bothell

Washington, USA

9 Partical Size analyzer, Malvern2000 and Malvern Instruments,Malvern, UK

Zetasizer 300 HSA Instruments

10 Rheological instruments AB, Viscotech Lund, Sweden

Rheometer

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