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Amount
of
tragacanth
(g)
0.0
Texture
Clarity and
appearance
Colour of
suspension
II
0.1
III
0.3
Less cloudy, 2
layer on
sedimentation
Opaque,
moderate
cloudy
Opaque, more
cloudy
Less milky
IV
0.5
Opaque and
highly cloudy
Milky
white
Milky
white
Milky
white
3.
Plot the graph of height of solid phase against time for different amount of
tragacanth in the suspension. Give your comment.
Time (minute)
Amount of 0.0
tragacant
0.1
h (g)
0.3
0.5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
9.5
1.8
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
11.9
11.9
11.8
11.7
11.7
11.4
11.2
11.1
10.8
10.7
10.6
10.6
10.4
11
11
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
10
15
18
20
21
22
22
22
22
20
0.1
15
0.3
0.5
10
5
0
0
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
Graph above relates the height of sedimentation against time for 4 suspension
formulation. Tragacanth acts as suspending agent, it slows down the sedimentation by
structuring the continuous phase to produce a deflocculated system. For formulation with
optimum amount of tragacanth, the system is stable and no slow flocculation occurs.
Tragacanth enables the particles to remained suspended for a longer time within
suspension and take longer time to sediment.
The greater amount of tragacanth, it will slows down sedimentation of particles and form
a lower height of sedimentation. Thus, suspension IV with 0.5g tragacanth shows
slowest sedimentation compared to others suspension.
The suspension I without any tragacanth achieve constant height of sedimentation in
very short time of 10 minutes remains constant throughout 60 minutes. It is because the
suspension without suspending agent (tragacanth), there will be rapid sedimentation as
compared to other curve and it has maximum height of sediments as compared to graph
of other suspensions.