In the tablet coating process, it is important to understand the dynamics of wetting and absorption of water into the tablet surface. In the master's thesis, experiments were carried out to analyze the dynamics of the spread and absorption of an ink droplet on tablets. A drop of ink landed on the halved tablet, causing it to become wet and discolored. The influence of wetting was investigated in the case of two types of different placebo tablets for the cases of adding one and two drops, whereby the time interval between individual drops was also changed. The moment of contact was observed with a high-speed camera, and then the phenomenon of propagation and absorption was analyzed by individual planes or coordinates and by surface. Wetting had increased with the addition of droplets, with an increased surface area of about 1 mm2, depth of 1 mm, and width of about 0.5 mm. At different time intervals, the values differed between the two types of pills. The scatter of the measured values increased with a greater time interval between the drops.
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