Strong Cobb unit

The Strong Cobb unit ( unit symbol : SC ), named after the American company Strong Cobb Arner , was a unit in the pharmacy to determine the tablet hardness , which was used until the 1980s before unit SI of the Newton replaced has been.

A Strong Cobb (1 SC) corresponding to 7 N .

Individual evidence

↑ Patent US2645936 : Tablet hardness testing machine. Published July 21, 1953 , Applicant: Strongg, Cobb & Company Inc., Inventor: Robert Albrecht. ‌
↑ Russ Rowlett: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
^ Paul Heinz List & Ludwig Hörhammer (eds.): Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Vol. 7. Dosage forms and auxiliary materials (Part A) , Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York, 1971, p. 828.

[1] Patent US2645936 : Tablet hardness testing machine. Published July 21, 1953 , Applicant: Strongg, Cobb & Company Inc., Inventor: Robert Albrecht. ‌

[2] Russ Rowlett: How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement

[3] Paul Heinz List & Ludwig Hörhammer (eds.): Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice, Vol. 7. Dosage forms and auxiliary materials (Part A) , Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York, 1971, p. 828.