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Posted on: March 6 2013

The gel breaks when blending the raw materials and becomes very liquid. Can this gel remain stable with these raw materials or is another ointment base appropriate? Menthol 15g Camphor

15g
Lavender ess. 1.5 g
Eucalyptus tinct. 15g
Menthol oleum 1% 6g
Carbopolgel ad 300g < BR/>

Answer

Camphor and Menthol are curbed and this mass should be along with lavender ess. and menthol Oleum are emulated in the Carbomeergel. An emulsifier is lacking and therefore I propose to add cetyl alcohol 5g and Tween 80 2g to the mixture Menthol, camphor, lavender and menthol oil that we weighed in a bottle of 200ml. This bottle is closed and placed on a hot water bath until the Cetyl alcohol is melted. At the melted mass, 100ml of water of 60 ° C is added and the mixture is shaken until an emulsion is formed.
In A 500ml tarred beaker, 100ml of water is taken from 50 ° C in which the emulsion is poured into. After cooling, eucalyptus tincture is added to the emulsion and 2.5 g of Carbopol is dispersed. Next, stirring well 2.5 g trometamol is added. It is put on weight with water.