Phase diagram and dissolution studies of the fenofibrate–acetylsalicylic acid system

Enhancement of the dissolution rate of poorly soluble compounds through the formation of drug–drug eutectics was investigated using fenofibrate and acetylsalicylic acid. Solid–liquid equilibria in the system under study were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The phase diagram for the whole range of compositions was constructed. In addition, existence of a metastable polymorph of fenofibrate has been confirmed. The investigation has revealed that acetylsalicylic acid and fenofibrate form a simple eutectic mixture containing 0.958 mol fraction of fenofibrate at the eutectic point. Dissolution rate improvement of fenofibrate correlated with the phase diagram. The amount of fenofibrate released from the solid dispersions that contained fenofibrate as the eutectic mixture with acetylsalicylic acid was at least threefold higher compared to untreated fenofibrate.     

The phase diagram of CsNO<Subscript>3</Subscript>–RbNO<Subscript>3</Subscript>

The phase transitions of RbNO₃ and the binary phase diagram of (Cs,Rb)NO₃ were investigated at atmospheric pressure, using simultaneous direct and differential thermal analysis, μDTA and DSC techniques. A fourth phase transition of RbNO₃ has been observed at temperature near the melting point. The phase diagram of this system is characterised by a eutectic, two eutectoid and an azeotropic-like invariants. Three limited solid solutions and two continuous solid solutions have been detected at low temperature.     

Diastereomeric 2-aminomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane mandelates: phase diagrams and resolution

The diastereomeric salts of (R)- and (S)-2-aminomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane with unichiral mandelic acid form a simple eutectic, whose binary phase melting point diagram shows the unique eutectic at 0.35 M ratio of the less soluble diastereomer. Such an eutectic composition, near to 0.5, is consistent with the modest efficiency previously reported for their separation via crystallization from ethanol/ethyl acetate. However, the ternary solubility phase diagram, obtained from solubility measurements in methanol, shifts the eutectic to a lower molar ratio (0.10) of the less soluble diastereomer, thus indicating an optimal resolvability of the diastereomeric mandelates. This was confirmed by the highly efficient resolution of racemic 2-aminomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane with (R)-mandelic acid via a single crystallization from methanol. The ready availability of both the racemic substrate and the resolving acid makes this simple and efficient resolution procedure very attractive to obtain the enantiomers of 2-aminomethyl-1,4-benzodioxane, which are important synthetic intermediates.     

Revised Phase Diagram of the System NaF–NaBF4

Summary. The phase diagram of the binary system NaF–NaBF₄ was determined using the thermal analysis method. Subsequent coupled analysis of the thermodynamic and phase diagram data was carried out to calculate the thermodynamically consistent phase diagram. The system NaF–NaBF₄ forms a simple eutectic phase diagram with the calculated coordinates of the eutectic point: 8.1 mol% NaF, 91.9 mol% NaBF₄, and 385.7°C. The probable inaccuracy in the calculated binary phase diagram is 9°C.     

Binary Mixtures of Liquid Crystalline Ester Bismaleimides

Abstract

A binary system consisting of a chlorohydroquinone-based ester bismaleimide (3-Cl), T _m = 238°C, and a methylhydroquinone-based ester bismaleimide (3-Me), T _m = 251°C, was investigated for the purpose of improving processability by widening the nematic phase range before polymerization. Calculations based on the Schroeder-van Laar equation predicted a system eutectic composition of 41% 3-Me monomer and a eutectic temperature of 202°C. Experiments found the eutectic composition at 35% 3-Me and the eutectic temperature at 218.5°C. Discrepancies between experimental results and theoretical predictions are likely due to error in measured heats of fusion either due to impurities in the samples or due to the reactive nature of the components being considered. Thermal cycling was also found to have a significant melting point depression effect. While significant depression of the system melting point was achieved, polymerization still occurred immediately after melting in all systems evaluated. All mixtures could be polymerized from the nematic phase to yield a solid which retained the nematic orientation of the starting polymer melt.     

Solid/Liquid phase diagram of the ammonium sulfate/maleic acid/water system

We have studied the low temperature phase diagram and water activities of the ammonium sulfate/maleic acid/water system using differential scanning calorimetry and infrared spectroscopy of thin films. Using the results from our experiments, we have mapped the solid/liquid ternary phase diagram, determined the water activities based on the freezing point depression, and determined the ice/maleic acid phase boundary as well as the ternary eutectic composition and temperature. We also compare our results to the predictions of the extended AIM aerosol thermodynamics model and find good agreement for the ice melting points in the ice primary phase field of this system; however significant differences were found with respect to phase boundaries, maleic acid dissolution, and ammonium sulfate dissolution.     

Selective water sorbents for multiple applications, 3. CaCl2 solution confined in micro- and mesoporous silica gels: Pore size effect on the “solidification-melting” diagram

In this communication we present a low-temperature “solidification-melting” phase diagram for CaCl₂/H₂O solutions confined in KSK and KSM silica gels. At salt concentrations of 0–48 wt. %, the diagram has been found to lie below the diagram reported for the bulk system by 15–30°C. It shows a depression of the solution melting point due to its confinment to the pores. Several other peculiarities of melting and solidification in this system are also reported and discussed. Beside fundamental interest, the data obtained could be of importance in many commercial areas such as refrigeration, accumulation of low temperature heat, frost prevention in building materials,etc.     

Extended-chain crystals. IV. Melting under equilibrium conditions

Dilatometric melting experiments were performed on an extended-chain crystalline polyethylene with a broad molecular weight distribution and on four samples crystallized from fractionated polyethylenes. The melting curves were compared with computer calculations based on the assumption of eutectic separation. For the fraction of lowest molecular weight, agreement between experiment and calculation was achieved. The melting behavior of all other samples indicated that only for molecular weights up to 10,000–12,000 did eutectic separation occur. The higher molecular weight portion of each sample crystallized in the form of mixed crystals. Of the experimental maximum melting-point lowering of these mixed crystals, 0.1–0.9°C is due to the lower molecular weight diluents. Another 2–3°C lowering in melting point is due to the fact that the phase diagram of polyethylene mixed crystals has a minimum.     

The dissolution of microcrystalline cellulose in sodium hydroxide-urea aqueous solutions

It has been reported that cellulose is better dissolved in NaOH-water when a certain amount of urea is added. In order to understand the mechanisms of this dissolution and the interactions between the components, the binary phase diagram of urea/water, the ternary urea/NaOH/water phase diagram and the influence of the addition of microcrystalline cellulose in urea/NaOH/water solutions were studied by DSC. Urea/water solutions have a simple eutectic behaviour with a eutectic compound formed by pure urea and ice (one urea per eight water moles), melting at −12.5 °C. In the urea/NaOH/water solutions, urea and NaOH do not interact, each forming their own eutectic mixtures, (NaOH + 5H₂O, 4H₂O) and (urea, 8H₂O), as found in their binary mixtures. When the amount of water is too low to form the two eutectic mixtures, NaOH is attracting water at the expense of urea. In the presence of microcrystalline cellulose, the interactions between cellulose and NaOH/water are exactly the same as without urea, and urea is not interacting with cellulose. A tentative explanation of the role of urea is to bind water, making cellulose-NaOH links more stable. Member of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE),     

Thermal Analysis of the System Na3AlF6–NaVO3

Summary. The phase diagram of the system Na₃AlF₆–NaVO₃ was determined by means of thermal analysis. The system is a simple binary eutectic one. The eutectic point was estimated at x(NaVO₃) = 0.975 and t _eut = 617°C. The XRD patterns of samples after thermal analysis revealed the presence of cryolite and NaVO₃ only supporting the above assumption of a simple eutectic binary system.     

Phase diagram and X-ray diffraction analysis of the acrylic acid–acrylamide system

The phase diagram of the acrylic acid–acrylamide system as determined by DTA and the supporting x-ray diffraction data are presented. This diagram shows that the system forms a 1 : 1 addition compound which decomposes above 0°C. There is also one eutectic point at a 67 mole-% acrylic acid composition.     

Physical Chemistry of Organic Eutectics

Phase diagrams of urea-α-naphthol and urea-benzoic acid systems, determined by the thaw-melt method, show the formation of simple eutectic in each case. The growth velocity data, determined at different undercooling (ΔT) by observing the rate of movement of interface in a capillary, obey the Hillig-Turnbull equation, v=u(ΔT)ⁿ, where u and n are constants depending on the nature of the materials. Using enthalpy of fusion, undercooling (ΔT) and melting point data, entropy of fusion, interfacial energy, enthalpy of mixing, critical radius size and excess thermodynamic functions were calculated. The microstructural investigations give characteristic features of the eutectics. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Thermodynamic performance of the NaNO3–NaCl–NaNO2 ternary system

Calculations of phase diagram for additive ternary molten salt system are carried out by the conformal ionic solution theory. The liquidus temperatures of the system NaNO₃–NaCl–NaNO₂ are determined according to different types of solid–liquid equilibrium and different values of the binary interaction coefficients. For the system NaNO₃–NaCl–NaNO₂, the calculated and experimental temperatures differ are very small below 673 K, but the oxidation and decomposition of the mixed salts are found when the temperature is higher than 673 K. Meanwhile, the eutectic point is obtained from calculated phase diagram and the eutectic temperature is 507 K. Thermal stability of this eutectic mixture is investigated by thermo-gravimetric analysis device. Experimental results show this kind of molten salt has a lower melting point (501.28 K), similar to solar salt (493 K). It is thermally stable at temperatures up to 819 K, and may be used up to 827 K for short periods.     

四元体系LiNO3-Mg(NO3)2-NH4NO3-H2O相图预测及相关相变储能材料的研究

应用修正的BET热力学模型对Mg(NO3)2-NH4NO3-H2O三元体系和LiNO3-Mg(NO3)2-NH4NO3-H2O四元体系在273～320 K的相图进行预测,并找到一个相变温度较低的四元共晶点Mg(NO3)2.6H2O-LiNO3.3H2O-NH4NO3,其质量百分数组成为:25.5%的硝酸铵,28.4%的硝酸锂,13.8%的硝酸镁和32.3%的水,通过实验对共晶点组成材料的吸放热行为进行测定,发现其熔化温度为286.3 K,且DSC测试其相变热焓为192.7 J.g-1,表明该材料可用作潜在的低温相变储能材料。     

Sn-In-Zn三元系相图和无铅钎料成分的探讨

Sn－In－Zn三元体系的液相限相图进行了实验和探讨，发现体系存在一个三元低共熔点E：46Sn－52ln－2Zn（100ω），其熔点为108℃．在相图研究的基础上，得出该体系作为无铅焊料的最佳组分为6．7Zn－8．0In－85．3Sn（100ω），其熔化温度为188℃。     

Synthesis and eutectic behavior of liquid crystalline copolyesters

A series of liquid crystalline copolyesters, derived from 1,4‐hydroxy‐benzoic acid (HBA), 6‐hydroxy‐2‐naphthoic acid (HNA), terephthalic acid (TA), and hydroquinone (HQ), were prepared; crystallization, melting and solid‐state structure of the copolyesters were studied by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide‐angle x‐ray diffraction (WAXD). It was found that the variation of melting point of the copolyesters with increasing HBA mol % exhibits eutectic melting behavior at a constant mole ratio of HNA, and the extrapolated eutectic temperature decreases linearly with increasing HNA mol %. WAXD analysis of the copolyesters indicates that the d‐spacing related to three‐dimensional order increases first and then decreases with increasing HBA mol %. The increase of the d‐spacing, consistent with looser packing of chains, leads to the reduction of melting point and most likely accounts for the eutectic behavior observed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 2171–2177, 2009     

Phase diagrams and water activities of aqueous dicarboxylic acid systems of atmospheric importance

We have studied liquid/solid phase diagrams and water activities of the dicarboxylic acid/water binary systems for maleic, dl-malic, glutaric, and succinc acids using differential scanning calorimetry, infrared (IR) spectroscopy of thin films, and conductivity analysis of saturated solutions. For each binary system we report the measurements of the ice melting envelope, the acid dissolution envelope, and the ice/acid eutectic temperature and composition. Water activities have been determined by using the freezing point depression of ice. Additionally, an irreversible solid/solid phase transition for maleic acid was observed in both DSC and IR studies likely due to the conversion of a meta-stable crystal form of maleic acid to its most stable crystal form. In general we find good agreement with literature values for temperature-dependent acid solubilities.     

On the value of recent microscopic methods of identification used for organic substances

The value of recent methods of identification of organic substances by means of the micro melting point apparatus is investigated, using 3 groups of closely related substances (benzoic acid derivatives, barbituric acid derivatives, and sulphonamids).The experiments show that a combination of the melting point determination with an observation of sublimation and conversion during heating and, moreover, with the observation of the conversion of crystallised melting drops etc. very markedly increases the value of the determination.The preparation of derivatives from quantities below l mg can be performed more rapidly and more simply than the preparation of larger amounts. The melting point determination of the derivatives is of the greatest value for the identification of the respective substances.On the other hand, the melting point determination on eutectic mixtures of the substance in question with a test substance is found to be of much lower value as a method of identification, if there is a possibility for the occurrence of a number of closely related substances having the same melting point ; such substances often have the same eutectic melting point with the same test substance.The determination of the index of refraction of molten substances (i.e., the determination of the temperature interval within which the molten mass has the same index of refraction as a glass powder of a known index of refraction) is an excellent method of identification, since the scattering of the temperature intervals found for related substances is of the same magnitude, and for not related substances is considerably higher, than the scattering of their melting points.     

Crystallization and melting behavior of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(n-butyl methacrylate) blends

The phase diagram, crystallization and melting behavior of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)/poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PnBMA) blends have been investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. The results show that the blends are miscible up to 85 °C and show an lower critical solution temperature-type demixing at a higher temperature. The isothermal crystallization studies of the blends indicate a reduction in the overall rate of crystallization. Analysis of isothermal crystallization data by means of Avrami equation leads to average values of the Avrami index of 2.5 for pure PEO and 3.0 for the different blend compositions. The melting behavior of the blends reveals double endotherms, which is ascribed to both secondary crystallization and recrystallization. The melting point depression study yielded χ₁₂=0, indicating a relatively low interaction strength.     

Phase Diagram for the RbBr–CuBr System

The phase diagram for the RbBr–CuBr system has been determined. In the system two intermediate compounds are formed: RbCu₂Br₃, melting congruently at 537 K and Rb₃CuBr₄, melting incongruently at 544 K. The coordinates of the two eutectic points are: 501 K, 54 mole% CuBr and 522 K, 74 mole% CuBr. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.