Pharmaceuticals

Talc finds important application in the pharmaceutical industry in tablet manufacture. It imparts crucial properties to the tablets, thereby making it suitable and functional.
Talc is slippery in nature and therefore allows the tablet to glide smoothly down the throat.The lamellar structure of talc allows for significant compression of tablet.It provides disintegration properties that enable the tablet to disintegrate once in the body. Importantly, talc is non-allergenic and non-irritant and is thus perfectly suited for bodily consumption