PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICS - I

LAB MANUAL

(B. Pharm 2nd Year- 3rd Semester)

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Experiment Experiment Page
No. No.
1 To study various glassware and equipments used in Physical Pharmaceutics. 1

2 To determine the solubility of drug at different temperature 2

To determine the partition coefficient of Succinic acid between benzene
2 and water
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To determine the partition coefficient of iodine between carbon
3 tetrachloride and distilled water 5
4 To determine surface tension of liquid using stalagmometer. 7
To determine the composition of NaCl in a solution using phenol – water
5 system by critical solution temperature (CST)method
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 EXERCISE NO – 1

Aim - To study various glassware and equipments used in Physical Pharmaceutics.

Reference – R.S. Gaud and G.D. Gupta; Practical Physical Pharmacy; CBS Publication & Distributer
Pvt.; First Edition, (2019)

Requirements
Separating funnel, burette, petridish. chinadish, funnel, dessicator tapped density apparatus and
bulk density apparatus , hot air oven.

1.Separating funnel:
Separating funnel, also known as a separation funnel, separating funnel, or colloquially sep funnel, is a piece
of laboratory glassware used in liquid-liquid extractions to separate the components of a mixture into two
immiscible solvent phases of different densities.

2. Burette:
Burette, laboratory apparatus used in quantitative chemical analysis to measure the volume of a liquid or a
gas. It consists of a graduated glass tube with a stopcock (turning plug, or spigot) at one end. On a
liquid burette, the stopcock is at the bottom, and the precise volume of the liquid.

3.Petridish:
Petri dishes are flat glass or plastic containers which have a number of uses in the medical laboratory. They
are used predominantly for the cultivation of organisms on solid media. Petri dishes are shallow containers
made of clear plastics (usually polycarbonate or polystyrene) or borosilicate glass and can come with or
without a lid.

4. China dish:
China dish is a round bottomed crucible shaped dish which is made of porcelain used for the chemical
reactions and petri dish is flattened glass dish which is used basically for the culture of microorganisms.
Evaporating dishes are pieces of heat-tolerant laboratory glassware, which are used to hold substances or
liquids that are being melted or evaporated. They are typically made of borosilicate glass (as in Pyrex
evaporating dishes) or porcelain (also called “china dishes”).

5. Funnel:
A funnel is a tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder
into a small opening. To channel liquids or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Used
for pouring liquids or powder through a small opening and for holding the filter paper in filtration. Used in
transferring liquids in small containers.

6. Dessicator:
Desiccators are sealable enclosures containing desiccants used for preserving moisture-sensitive items such
as cobalt chloride paper for another use. A common use for desiccators is to protect chemicals which
are hygroscopic or which react with water from humidity. The contents of desiccators are exposed to
atmospheric moisture whenever the desiccators are opened. It also requires some time to achieve a low
humidity. Hence they are not appropriate for storing chemicals which react quickly or violently with
atmospheric moisture such as the alkali metals; a glovebox or Schlenk-type apparatus may be more suitable
for these purposes.

7. Bulk Density Apparatus:

Bulk density apparatus id used to study the packing down of powder beds of different pharmaceutical and

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chemical powders, flakes, pellets, granules and other bulk substances.
8. Tapped density apparatus:
The tap density tester is ideal for measuring the tapped density of powders, granules, pellets, flakes and other
substances.

Result:

The following apparatus and equipment has been studied.

Questions :

Q1. What is the use of bulk density apparatus?

Q2. Identify the glassware &explain its use?
Q3. Identify the glassware &explain its use?
Q4. What is the use of tapped density apparatus?
Q5. Difference between petridish & chinadish?

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 EXERCISE NO – 2

Aim - To determine the solubility of drug at different temperature,

Reference – R.S. Gaud and G.D. Gupta; Practical Physical Pharmacy; CBS Publication & Distributer
Pvt.; First Edition, (2019) pp110-111

Requirements
Chemicals/reagents
• Pure inorganic salts (KCI, NaCl, NaNO,,K,SO, etc.)
• Distilled water

Equipments/Glasswares
• Thermostat
• Thermometer
• Porcelain dishes or watch glasses
• Beaker (50 ml, 100 ml, and 250 ml)
• Pipette (10 ml)
• Hot plate

Procedure
1. Clean all glasswares using detergent solution and chromic acid solution.
2. Wash two to three times using purified water.
3. Take 50 ml of distilled water in a beaker (100 ml).
4. Add some amount of salt like potassium chloride or sodium chloride in distilled water and
stir using glass rod or by an electric motor driven shaker.
5. Increase the temperature to 85°C with contineous stirring.
6. Maintain this temperature for few minutes and then cool down the solution.
7. Take sample at 80°C using a pipette with a piece of filter paper, tie at the tip of the pipette.
8. Remove the piece of filter paper from the tip of pipette and transfer 10 ml of this solution
in weighed porcelain dish or watch glass.
9. Allow the temperature to fall down slowly to 70°, 60°, 40°, 30°C and then to room
temperature.
10. At each temperature take sample of the solution and repeat the step 7 and step8
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 11. Evaporate the solution of each porcelin dish or watch glass using direct heat or on the water
bath or put in the oven.
12. Dry the solution till constant weight.
13. Take weight of the dish using double pan balance or Chernical balance and excite weight of
the powder
14. Record all the parameter in the form of table or in proper way so that it was easy to understand the
concept of solubility.

Observation Table:

Sl. Temperature Weight of Weight of empty Weight dish Weight of Weight Solubility
No. (oC) of empty dish + solution + residue residue of solvent in g/100g
dish w1g w2g W3g W3 – W1g W2 – W3g
1 80
2 70
4 60
5 50
6 30
7 RT
8 20
9 10
10 5

Observations
Observation table –

Calculations
Solubility of salt in solvent at temperature (°C) is calculated by the following formula in
–
g/100g Solubility of salt at 80°C– = × 100

Result
Solubility of the given salt at room temperature (considering the saturated solutions at room temperature)
---- %. Plot the graph between solubility and temperature. The graph will show a smooth curve without
any break.

Questions:

Q1.Explain the solubility of gas in liquids and solubility of liquids in liquids with Raoult’s law.
Q2. What is the effect of temperature on the solubility of gas?
Q3. What are the factors affecting solubility?
Q4. Define solubility?
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 Experiment -3
Aim - To study the crystal growth of the given sample.

Reference – R.S. Gaud and G.D. Gupta; Practical Physical Pharmacy; CBS Publication & Distributer
Pvt.; First Edition, (2019) pp110-111

Requirements
Chemicals/reagents
• Pure inorganic salts (NaCl )
• Distilled water

Equipments/Glasswares
• Thermostat
• Thermometer
• Porcelain dishes or petridish
• Beaker (50 ml, 100 ml, and 250 ml)
• Pipette (10 ml)
• Hot plate

Procedure
1. Clean all glasswares using detergent solution and chromic acid solution.
2. Wash two to three times using purified water.
3. Take 50 ml of distilled water in a beaker (100 ml).
4. Weigh 16 gm of NaCl on weighing balance.
5. Dissolve 16 gm of NaCl in 50 ml water with continuous stirring.
6. Pour the solution in petridish
7. Now heat the petridish at 100°C temp till the evaporation of water takes place.

Observation:
As the water is evaporated crystals of NaCl appear .As it cool separate the crystals from the petridish.

Result :
We have successfully studied about the crystal growth.

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Questions:
Q1. What is crystallization?
Q2. What are some applications of crystal growth?
Q3. What factors affect crystal growth?
Q4. How can you make crystals grow faster?

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 Experiment No. 4

Aim – To determine the density of the given liquid sample using density bottle.

Reference – R.S. Gaud and G.D. Gupta; Practical Physical Pharmacy; CBS Publication & Distributer Pvt.;
First Edition, (2019)

Requirements
Chemicals/reagents
• Benzene , peppermint oil
• Distilled water

Equipments/Glasswares
• Weighing balance
• Measuring cylinder
• Density bottle
• Beaker (50 ml, 100 ml, )

Theory –

Density is the derived quantity. A density bottle (also called a specific gravity bottle) is commonly
used in physical pharmaceutics to determine the density of liquids. This experiment is fundamental in
pharmaceutical studies as density is crucial for understanding drug formulations, quality control, and
other applications.
The density of a substance is its mass per unit volume (ρ=mV\rho = \frac{m}{V}ρ=Vm). Using a
density bottle allows precise determination of a liquid's density by comparing the weight of the liquid
with the known weight of an equal volume of water.

Procedure:

1. Clean the density bottle using nitric acid.

2. Rinse the density bottle with pure distilled water 2-3 times
3. Take weigh of dry density bottle with stopper.
4. Fill the bottle with water.
5. Weigh the density bottle with water using weighing balance.
6. After removing the water again dry up the bottle. Now fill the liquid in the density bottle .
7. Weigh the density bottle with testing liquid.
8. Repeat the experiments atleast 3 times and record the observed value.

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 Observation Table:

Sr.no. Sample Wt. of empty Wt. of density Wt.of sample Density of

density bottle with bottle with liquid (D)
lid (W1 ) sample & lid ( W2 - W1 )
(W2 )

Calculations:

Density = mass / volume

mass = W2 - W1

1. Density of benzene = ____________ gm/cm3

2. Density of water = ____________ gm/cm3

3. Density of cinnamon oil = ____________ gm/cm3

Result:

We have determined the density of the given liquid sample.

Questions:

Q1. What is density?

Q2. What are the units of density?
Q3. What is relative density?
Q4. How is density determined?
Q5. What is the connection of density with temperature and pressure?

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 Experiment No. 5

Aim – To determine the density of the given liquid sample using density bottle.

Reference – R.S. Gaud and G.D. Gupta; Practical Physical Pharmacy; CBS Publication & Distributer Pvt.;
First Edition, (2019)

Requirements
Chemicals/reagents
• Polyethylene glycol
• Glycerine
• Distilled water

Equipments/Glasswares
• Weighing balance
• Measuring cylinder
• Density bottle
• Beaker (50 ml, 100 ml, )

Theory –

Density is the derived quantity. A density bottle (also called a specific gravity bottle) is commonly
used in physical pharmaceutics to determine the density of liquids. This experiment is fundamental in
pharmaceutical studies as density is crucial for understanding drug formulations, quality control, and
other applications.
The density of a substance is its mass per unit volume (ρ=mV\rho = \frac{m}{V}ρ=Vm). Using a
density bottle allows precise determination of a liquid's density by comparing the weight of the liquid
with the known weight of an equal volume of water.

Procedure:

9. Clean the density bottle using nitric acid.

10. Rinse the density bottle with pure distilled water 2-3 times
11. Take weigh of dry density bottle with stopper.
12. Fill the bottle with water.
13. Weigh the density bottle with water using weighing balance.
14. After removing the water again dry up the bottle. Now fill the liquid in the density bottle .
15. Weigh the density bottle with testing liquid.
16. Repeat the experiments atleast 3 times and record the observed value.

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 Observation Table:

Sr.no. Sample Wt. of empty Wt. of density Wt.of sample Density of

density bottle with bottle with liquid (D)
lid (W1 ) sample & lid ( W2 - W1 )
(W2 )

Calculations:

Density = mass / volume

mass = W2 - W1

4. Density of Polyethylene glycol = ____________ gm/cm3

5. Density of glycerine = ____________ gm/cm3

6. Density of water = ____________ gm/cm3

Result:

We have determined the density of the given liquid sample.

Questions:

Q1. What is density?

Q2. What are the units of density?
Q3. What is relative density?
Q4. How is density determined?
Q5. What is the connection of density with temperature and pressure?

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 Experiment No. 6

Aim - To determine surface tension of liquid by using drop count method stalagmometer.

Requirements

Chemicals/reagents
• Distilled water
• Polyethylene glycol
• Glycerine

Equipments/glasswares
• Pycnometer
• Thermometer
• Beaker 100 ml, and 250ml
• Burette stand
• Weight box
• Weighing balance stalagmometer.

Procedure
1. Thoroughly clean the pycnometer and stalagmometer using chromic acid and purified water or
as because surface tension is highly affected with grease or other lubricants
2. Stalagmometer must be mounted in the vertical plane using burette stand.
3. Fill the purified water in the instrument and count the number of drops falling down between
two points of the instrument as shown in Fig.
4. Repeat the step-3 at least three times.
5. Rinse the stalagmometer using the same liquid of which surface tension is to be determined.
6. Fill the stalagmometer by liquids and count the number of drops formed between two points as step 3
7. Repeat the steps 6 at least three times for accuracy.
8. Density of the liquid is determined using pycknometer as given in experiment 2.2 at the
same temperature

Observations
(a) Temperature (room temperature)= t°C
(b) Weight of empty pycnometer= Wi
(c) Weight of pycnometer + distilled water= W2
(d) Weight of pycnometer + liquid=
W3 Observation table
Number of drops Specific Surface
Liquid
(i) (ii) (iii) Mean gravity tension
Water n1
Liquid n2

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 Calculation
(a) Weight of liquid =W - W
3 1
(b) Weight of distilled water = W - W
2 1
(c)
Specific gravity of liquid (P2/P1) = (W3 – W1)/(W2 – W1)

= ×

Calculate the surface tension of liquid by this equation, yi is the surface tension of water obtain from the
table (appendix)

Result
Surface tension of given liquid at room temperature (t°C) =--------dynes/cm

Questions:

Q1. What is surface tension?

Q2. What happens to surface tension when the temperature increases?

Q3. What is SI units of surface tension? Which instrument is used to determine surface tension of a liquid?

Q4. How does temperature affect surface tension?

Q5. What are the factors which influences the surface tension of a liquid?

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 Experiment -7

Aim - To determine surface tension of liquid by using drop weight method stalagmometer.

Requirements –

Chemicals – 0.04N acetic acid

0.04N NaOH (Standard)
Buffer solution of known
pH

Apparatus – Burette
Beakers
Stirrer
pH meter

Procedure –

Standardize the pH meter by the use of buffer solution of known pH. Pipette out 25ml
of 0.04N acetic acid solution in a dry beaker. Dip the electrode into the acid. Measure
the pH. Add from the burette 1ml of 0.04N NaOH and stir. Measure the pH (do not
remove the glass rod used for stirring). Continue addition of 1ml of NaOH till there is
sudden change in pH and thereafter take at least three more readings. After each
addition measure the pH.
 Observations –

Room temprature =-------OC

Vml of dpH Total

pH dpH dV dB = ⁄dpH
0.04N dV volume ml

Graph

 Plot the graph of pH V3 volume of 0.04N NaOH ‘V’.

dpH
 To determine exact end point plot dV vs V
 Plot a graph of vs pH. Find the pH at which is Maximum.

Calculation –

Read the end point of the titration from graph (2). Let it be x ml of 0.04N NaOH; Now from
graph (1) read the pH for V = 2, i.e. read the pH of the half neutralization stage at
which [salt] =[Acid] and equation (1) pH = pKa

Therefore Ka =
Calculation of dB-
Since 1000ml of NaOH = 1 equivalent of NaOH
Therefore 2ml of 0.04N NaOH = (2x1x0.04)(25x1000) equivalent of NaOH
If ‘x’ ml of 0.04N NaOH is added to 25ml of 0.04N acetic acid solution, the total volume of
the solution is (25 - x) ml and gram equivalent of NaOH per liter of solution added per 2ml
increment in NaOH is,

dB = (2x1000){(25x 1000) (25-x)}=2/25 x total volume

Result
The buffer capacity (βmax) at room temprature
pKa of acetic acid =--------at room temprature
Ka for acetic acid =--------at room temprature
 EXERCISE NO. – 4

Aim – To determine the partition coefficient of Succinic acid between benzene and water

Requirements
Chemicals/reagents
 Benzene & Succinic acid
 0.05 M sodium hydroxide

Equipments/glasswares
Separating funnel
Conical Flask
Burette
Pipette
Reagent Bottles

Procedure
1. Take three reagent bottles and clean these bottles by reagent and rinse through the distilled water.
2. Prepare composition of the solution as given in the table.
3. Transfer these solution in clean and dry reagent bottles and fix the label A, B, and C respectively.
4. Place the stopper on each bottle and shake it for 30 min.
5. Place the stopper on each bottle and shake it for 30 min. or shake using wrist action shaker and rotatary
shaker.
6. Variability of the result depends on the shaking hence more and effective shaking is essential
for reproducible results.
7. Now take this mixture in separating funnel and keep aside for about to 30 min.
8. Separate carbon tetrachloride and aqueous layer in two conical flasks:
9. Intermediate liquid cannot be collected as it contain little of both liquids.
10. Put the label on both conical flasks with the samples taken originally.
11. Pipette out 10 ml of the aqueous layer and transfer in another conical flask.
12. Separate two layers by separating funnel.
13. Withdraw 10 ml sample of organic layer in conical flask.
14. Add 2 to 3 drops of phenolphthalein as an indicator and titrate it using 0.05 M NaOH.
15. Repeat the above three steps and similarly titrate with Benzoicacid layer.
10. Withdraw 10 ml of aqueous layer and follow steps 15 - 16.
11. Record all estimation values carefully.

Observations
Table A. - Titration of aqueous layer

Burette reading Volume used of 0.05M

S. No. Container Volume (ml) Initial Final Sodium hydroxide (ml)
1. V1
2. V2
3. V3

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Table B. Titration of of organic layer
Burette reading Volume used of 0.05M
S. No. Container Volume (ml)
Initial Final Sodium hydroxide (ml)
1. A' V1'
2. B' V2'
3. C' V3'

Calculation
(a) For aqueous layer
Concentration of Succinic acid in container A
N1V1 = N2V2
N1= 0.01xV2/10
Concentration of Succinic acid in water layer (C1)
C1 = (0.01xV2 x127)/10mole/liter
Similarly calculate the concentration of Succinic acid in other flask (B and C)

(b) For organic layer

Concentration of Succinic acid in container A
N1'V1' = N2'V2'
N1'= 0.01xV2'/10
Concentration of Succinic acid in water layer (C1)
C2 = (0.01xV2' x127)/10mole/liter
Similarly calculate the concentration of Succinic acid in other flask (B' and C')

Partition Coefficient K= C2/C1

Result
The partition coefficient of succinic acid between in and distilled water = ----

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 EXERCISE NO. 5
Aim - To determine the partition coefficient of iodine between carbon tetrachloride and distilled water

Requirements

Chemicals/reagents
• Carbon tetrachloride
• Iodine
• Distilled water

Equipments/glasswares
• Separating funnel
• Conical flask
• Burette
• Pipette
• Reagent bottles

Procedure
1. Prepare a saturated solution of iodine in carbon tetrachloride (stock solution).
2. Take three reagent bottles and clean these bottles by reagent and rinse with it distilled water.
3. Prepare composition of the solution as given in the table.
4. Transfer these solution in clean and dry reagent bottles and be it as A, B, and C respectively.
5. Place the stopper on each bottle and shake it for 30 min. or shake using wrist action shaker and
rotatory shaker.
6. Variability of the result depends on the shaking hence more and effective shaking is essential
for reproducible results.
7. Now take this mixture in separating funnel and keep aside for about to 30 min.
8. Separate carbon tetrachloride and aqueous layer in two conical flasks:
9. Intermediate liquid cannot be collected as it contain little of both liquids.
10. Put the label on both conical flasks with the samples taken originally.
11. Pipette out 10 ml of the aqueous layer and transfer in another conical flask.
12. Add 2 to 3 drops of starch solution and titrate it against 0.01sodium thiosulphate solution
13. Record the titration value and repeat the steps10 and 11
14. Similarly, titrate the aqueous layer from other containers
15. Pipe 10 ml of carbon tetrachloride layer in a dry and dean comical flask
16. Add starch solution 2 to 3 drops as an indicator and estimate concentration of iodine by time
with 0.01N sodium thiosulphate solution
17. Repeat the step 15 and 16 till get constant burette reading.
18. Similarly, titrate other cartoon tetrachloride solution as step 15 to 17
19. Take all readings carefully
20. Calculate concentration of iodine in both phases i.e. aqueous and organic phase.

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Table- A Preparation of solution
S. No. Container Composition
1. A 25ml stock solution + 100ml distilled water
2. B 15ml stock solution + 10ml pure CCl4 ++ 100ml distilled water
3. C 5ml stock solution +20ml pure CCl4 ++ 100ml distilled water

Observations
Table A. - Titration of aqueous layer

Burette reading Volume used of 0.05M

S. No. Container Volume (ml) Initial Final Sodium hydroxide (ml)
1. V1
2. V2
3. V3

Table B. Titration of of organic layer

Burette reading Volume used of 0.05M
S. No. Container Volume (ml) Initial Final Sodium hydroxide (ml)
1. A' V1'
2. B' V2'
3. C' V3'

Calculation
(c) For aqueous layer
Concentration of Succinic acid in container A
N1V1 = N2V2
N1= 0.01xV2/10
Concentration of Succinic acid in water layer (C1)
C1 = (0.01xV2 x127)/10mole/liter
Similarly calculate the concentration of Succinic acid in other flask (B and C)

(d) For organic layer

Concentration of Succinic acid in container A
N1'V1' = N2'V2'
N1'= 0.01xV2'/10
Concentration of Succinic acid in water layer (C1)
C2 = (0.01xV2' x127)/10mole/liter
Similarly calculate the concentration of Succinic acid in other flask (B' and C')

Partition Coefficient K= C2/C1

Result
The partition coefficient of iodine between carbon tetrachloride and distilled water = ------

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 Experiment No. 7

Aim- To determine the composition of NaCl in a solution using phenol – water system by
critical solution temperature (CST) method

Requirements –

Chemicals: Phenol in liquid state

Sodium chloride

Apparatus: Test tube

Thermometer
Beaker
Stirrer
Water bath

Procedure –
1. Weigh accurately 1gm of NaCl for making the stock solution.
2. Take clean test tube and transfer the NaCl solution 0.0ml, 0.2ml, 0.4ml, 0.6ml, 0.8ml and
1.0ml solution in different test tube.
3. Makeup the volume upto 10ml each test tube by adding distilled for making the concentration of
0.0%, 0.2%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8% and 1.0%.
4. Take pure phenol in the liquid form concentration of 80%v/v.
5. In another test tube add 2.5ml liquid phenol and add 2.5ml of different concentration of
NaCl solution in each test tube.
6. The two layers will form.
7. Heat the test tube in a water bath, for measuring the temperature put the thermometer in the
test tube.
8. Record the temperature at which the layers of liquid disappears

Observations-

Sl. No. Conc. of NaCl Temp. at which the Temp. at which the = ( + )/2
w/v layer disappear (t1) layer reappear (t2)
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
Unknown

Graph – plot a graph of transition temperature vs concentration of NaCl find the conc. of unknown
sample.

Result – Critical temperature of NaCl unknown concentration solution for phenol water system is -----.

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 Experiment No. 8

Aim – To determine the HLB number of surfactant by saponification method.

Theory – The hydrophilic-lipophilic balance of a surfactant is a measure of the degree to which

it is hydrophilic or lipophilic, determination by calculating values for the different religions of
the molecule, as described by Griffin in 1949 and 1954.

Griffin’s Method
Griffin’s Method for non – ionic surfactants as described as described in 1954 work as follows:

HLB = 20 (1 − )
Where S = saponification
number A = Acid number

HLB = 20 × ℎ

Where Mh is the molecular mass of the hydrophilic portion of the molecule and M is the
molecular mass of the hole molecule, giving a result on a scale of 0 to 20. An HLB value of 0
corresponds to a completely lipophilic/ hydrophobic molicule and a value of 20 corresponds to
complete hydrophilic/ lipophobic molicule.

Chemicals – Distilled water,

Fatty acid ester e.g. Glyceryl monostearate
(GMS), 0.5N Alcoholic Potassium hydroxide
(KOH) Stearic Acid, ether,
0.5N Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)
0.1N Sodium Hydroxide
(NaOH) Phenolphthalein
indicator.

Apparatus – Round bottom flask

Reflex Condenser
Beakers
Burette
Pipette
Conical Flask.

Procedure –
1. Preparartion of 0.5N alcoholic KOH
Dissolve around 4gm of KOH in 3-5ml distilled water in a volumetric flask and make up
total volume to 100ml with alcohol. Allow it to stand for about 24 hours and separate out
clear liquid by decantation. Use this solution for experiment. Alcoholic KOH is used
 because surfactents are freely soluble in alcohol than in water. The solubility
improved by alcohol hydrolysis is effective one.

2. Determination of saponification number –

Weigh accurately 0.5g of Glyceryl monostearate (GMS) and transfer into round bottom
flask, add 15ml of alcoholic potassium hydroxide to it and reflux on boiling water both
for about half an hour.
Reflux seperately 15ml of alcoholic potassium hydroxide (without GSM) on boiling
water bath for about an hour blank reading.
Cool both the solution to room temprature and titrate separately against 0.5N
hydrochloric acid using phenolphthalein as the indicator.
(End point: pink to colourless or slightly yellowish)
Let the titer reading for sample (GMS) be V1 and blank be as V2.

3. Determination of acid number –

Weigh accurately 0.5g of stearic acid, add it to a mixture of 10ml of alcohol. If
stearic acid does not dissolve in the solvent mixture, warm it on water bath until it
dissolves. (Note – take care while warming, since alcohol are highly inflamable
liquid).
Titrate solution of stearic acid against 0.1N sodium Hydroxide using phenophthalein
as the indicator.
Let the titrate reading be V3.

Observations
1. Saponification number =
(i)
Volume of 0.5N HCl consumed by sample (V1) = ml
(ii)
Volume of 0.5N HCl consumed by sample (V2) = ml

2. Acid number =
Volume of 0.1N sodium hydroxide consumed (V3) = ml

Calculations

1. Calculation for saponification number:

1000ml of 1N KOH = 56000mg of KOH
(V2 – V1) ml of 0.5N KOH mg of KOH/0.5g GMS
Substute values of V1 and V2 to determine saponification number mg of KOH/g of GMS
saponification value -------

2. Calculation for acid number:

V3 ml of 0.1N NaOH 0.5g of stearic acid
2V3 ml of 0.1N NaOH 0.5g of stearic
acid
 (1000ml of NaOH = 1000ml of KOH 56000mg of
KOH) 2V3 ml of 0.1N KOH
Substitute value of V3 and calculate the acid number.

Acid number = --------

3. Calculation of HLB Value:

HLB = 20 (1 − )

Where S = saponification
number A = Acid number

Result -

The HLB Value of given surfactant was found to be .