25.10.2021 by Aileen Sammler

Optimizing Dehydration Processes of Pharmaceuticals with Kinetics Neo

When a crystalline substance – such as an active pharmaceutical ingredient or an excipient – comes into contact with water, various types of interactions are possible. For the design of a dehydration process, it is therefore important to know the thermal properties of the particular sample. Thermogravimetric analysis in combination with kinetic evaluation helps determine this data and significantly reduce the time to develop a suitable temperature program.

Kinetic evaluation by means of NETZSCH Kinetics Neo offers the opportunity to determine a mathematical model, which describes the experimental behavior of samples during thermal treatment. With regard to dehydration processes, this allows us to easily determine which temperature profile seems to be more promising – and all this without a laborious trial-and-error approach.

If the thermal measurements are performed by means of hyphenated systems, e.g., by means of a gas analyzing system such as FT-IR coupled to TGA or STA, then it is additionally feasible to find out whether the gas evolved during heating is really just water or whether further volatiles are involved.

Please read our latest application note about the optimization of dehydration processes using magnesium stearate as a model substance: Download

More about Kinetics Neo

The NETZSCH Kinetics Neo software can be used for the analysis of temperature-dependent processes using thermal analysis data. It analyzes different types of thermal curves that depict the changes in a given material property measured during a process. Potential data sources include studies using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Dilatometry (DIL), Dielectric Analysis (DEA) and Accelerating Rate Calorimetry (Calorimetria por taxa de Aceleração (ARC)The method describing isothermal and adiabatic test procedures used to detect thermally exothermic decomposition reactions.ARC®). The result of such an analysis is a kinetics model correctly describing experimental data under different temperature conditions. Learn more: https://kinetics.NETZSCH.com/