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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2016 Apr 29;101:143–166. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2016.04.022

Table 5.

Key thermodynamic stability indicators for pharmaceutical solid-state forms

Solid-state form Thermodynamic parameter
Polymorphs Transition temperature
Hydrates/anhydrous Critical water activity or critical RH
Salts pHmax
Amorphous Tg, glass transition temperature
Cocrystals Keu, or [coformer]eu and [drug]eu, pHmax, S* and CSC