Modification to a Formulation for Optimal Performance: A Review

In a chemical reaction, reactant substance changes to product substance, the product substance will have different physical and chemical properties than the reactant substance. All chemical reactions involve a detectable change: color change, bubbling, heat evolution, heat absorption, light emission, or formation of a precipitate. Reactions are classified into three main reactions, precipitation reactions, acid base reactions and oxidation reduction reactions. The counting unit for number of atoms, ions or molecules in a laboratory seize sample is mole, abbreviated mol. A limiting reactant is the reactant that is completely consumed in a chemical reaction, it limits and determines the amount of product formed, the other reactants are called excess reactants. The quantities of product formed, and reactant consumed are restricted by the amount of limiting reactant. The objective of this work is to increase the quality of the tablet produced by increasing amount of bubbling per table, identify type of reaction occurring in the product, calculate the molar amount of each reactant that form greatest amount of gas product (CO2)., identify chemical compounds that would be harmful to the formulation, include additives that would increase the quality of the product. After researching each chemical in the formulation and studying possible reactions of each chemical in the formulation. It’s found that the bubbling power of the tablets in water was due to the reaction between vitamin C and cream tartar with baking soda, the molar amounts of reactants were calculated for optimal performance, producing the greatest amount of bubbling per tablet, chemical compounds found to decrease amount of bubbling per table is sodium chloride, and chemical compounds found to increase quality of the product is sugars.