Schott’s video on the role of glass in the pharma industry

Experts who want to delve deeper into the chemistry of pharmaceutical glass can now obtain a 4:30 minute visual introduction from Schott. The company has come up with a video in English on the important role that glass plays in the pharmaceutical industry. ‘What is glass’ tells how this fascinating material starts out its life as sand and how it is transformed into the high-quality type-I-glass used in syringes or vials, for example. Schott’s new video can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWzY94TFtpo The scientific basis was provided by Bettine Boltres, product manager, pharmaceutical tubing at Schott, “Glass in its purest form – known as quartz – is a very stable material but comes with limitations in terms of processability,” Boltres explained. “In order to make it processable, however, adding certain substances to the glass formulation – making it a borosilicate glass – is a necessary step. The challenge for pharmaceutical glass types is to offer excellent hot forming capabilities without compromising the chemical stability. How this is realized, is explained in the video.” Schott’s extensive knowledge…

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