Analysis pre-finals Flashcards
An analyst must possess (blank) and (blank)
honesty and integrity
Ability of the product to retain it’s characteristics over time
Stability
An analyst must have the initiative to perform at least how many determinations of the analytical value?
2 or 3 trials
Legally recognized compendiums of standard for drugs, which include assays and tests for deterioration of strength and quality and purity.
USP
Official compendia are revised every after how many years?
1 year
It is a solution of known concentration
Standard solution
Volumetric analysis is also known as
Titrimetric analysis or titration
Analytical methods that involve separation by extraction, precipitation or other means of the constituent to be determined, either in the natural state or in the form of a compound with definite composition, known to the analyst and then weighing of the resulting product.
Gravimetric analysis
Determination of the volume of a solution of known concentration required to react with a given amount of the substance to be analyzed.
Volumetric analysis
When an analyst is determining strength, potency, and purity of a drug or pharmaceutical product by qualitative and quantitative tests, he/she is doing pharmaceutical ______?
Pharmaceutical Assaying
An analyst must be able to determine what _____ is/are taking place during an analysis so that he/she can understand the principle in which the analysis is based upon.
Chemical reactions
Sum of all factors, or attributes which contribute directly or indirectly to the safety, effectiveness, and reliability of the product.
Quality
It is a process of removing an appropriate number of items from a population in order to make interferences of the entire solution
Sampling
Special crucible with a perforated bottom upon which is bedded a mat of asbestos making it possible to collect, wash, dry and weigh a precipitate in the same crucible
Gooch crucible
Determinate error is also known as what?
Systematic or constant errors
What is the most suitable equipment for procedures that require simple drying without heat?
Dessicators
A term used to denote the agreement of an experimental data or mean of series of data with the true value?
Accuracy
Evaporation of liquids should be carried out in a _______ bath to avoid decomposition and loss of material
Water bath
Molarity values are usually rounded off to the nearest ______ decimal places
2 decimal places
Aside from medicinal agents, their _____ inside the body are also quantitatively determined by quantitative pharmaceutical chemistry through pharmacokinetic testing.
Metabolize
Ability of the product to retain it’s characteristics over time
Stability
Characteristics that quality control ascertains in drug products
Safe
Effective
Reliable
Stable
What are the General methods employed in quantitative pharmaceutical chemisty
Volumetric analysis
Physicochemical analysis
Gravimetric analysis
Special methods
Aspects of stability in pharmaceutical products
Physically stable
Chemically stable
Microbiologically stable
Therapeutically stable
Toxicologically stable
Aside from “analyzed” grade, what other labels should appear on the packaging of chemicals for them to be useful in analytical work
USP grade
ACS grade
Reagent grade
Chemical grade
Titrimetric analysis employed for acidic samples
Alkalimetric analysis
Most inorganic acid samples employ what indicator in alkalimetric analyses
Phenolphthalein
In basic media, thymolphthalein is colored?
Blue
Assay of organic acids employs what specific indicator?
Phenolphthalein
Assay of organic bases employ what specifically recommended indicator?
Methyl red
Solution to be titrated where the analyte is deliberately not included
Blank solution
Addition of standard alkali solution to an acidic sample, with the excess alkali being titrated by a standard solution is known as what type of volumetric analysis?
Residual alkalimetry
What is the color of Bromothymol in HCl?
Yellow
Boric acid is a ______ acid
Weak acid
Metaborate anion is a _____ base
Strong base
What is the official limit for moisture content in non-aqueous methods?
Not more than 0.05%
In order to correct for the presence of carbon dioxide and water in non-aqueous methods, ______ is/are made.
Blank determination
What is the most suitable solvent for titrants employed in non-aqueous acidimetry?
Dioxane
What is the most commonly used indicator in non-aqueous acidimetry?
Crystal violet/Gentian violet
What is the color of the endpoint produced if crystal violet as an indicator is used?
Emerald green/ blue green
What is the primary standard employed for the titrants employed in non-aqueous acidimetry?
Potassium biphtalate (KHC8H4O4)
What is the primary standard employed for the titrants employed in non-aqueous alkalimetry?
Benzoic acid
Aside from thymol blue, what is the more commonly used indicator for non-aqueous alkalimetry?
Azo violet
What is the color of the endpoint if Azo violet as an indicator is used?
Blue
This indicator is employed in non-aqueous alkalimetric analysis of intermediate-strength to strong acids.
Thymol blue
This indicator is employed in non-aqueous alkalimetric analysis of weak acids
O-Nitroaniline
This indicator is employed in non-aqueous alkalimetric analysis of weak to intermediate strength acids
Azo violet
Method commonly employed in the analysis of nitrogen in organic substances.
Kjeldahl method
What official method for analysis of nitrogen in samples should you employ if the amount of sample to be used for the analysis is small?
Kjeldahl method II / semi-micromethod
What is the most common endpoint in non-aqueous alkalimetry?
Pink
Common reasons for employing residual titrations
Not reactive
Not water soluble
Not sharp endpoint
Standard solutions employed in non-aqueous acidimetry
Perchloric acid
Hydrobromic acid
Organic sulfonic acid
Sum of all factors which contribute directly or indirectly to the safety effectiveness and reliability of the product.
Quality
Drug products should be guaranteed with reasonable limits: FSCP
Free of impurities
Stable
Contains the amount of active ingredients as stated on the label
Provides optimal release of active ingredients when the product is administered
Determination of strength potency and percentage purity of pharmaceutical drugs
Pharmaceutical Assaying