In a completely hypothetical situation, someone is trying to press mescaline into a pill. How is it determined what ratio of binder is necessary to hold a solid pill shape? (This really is hypothetical, I'm using a very simple example because I am actually trying to figure out how large/how much a mescaline pill would be/weigh if it was indeed only mescaline and enough binder to give it shape).
I'm assuming that different substances are going to require different ratios of binder to hold them into a pill shape. I'm also assuming that chemists and people with similar interests know the rules behind how to determine what amounts of what are necessary. So... what are those rules? Is there some way that you can figure it out using technical/chemical knowledge of the substances involved, or is it something extraordinarily complex to figure out and is instead the kind of knowledge that gets passed around, because once it's been determined it doesn't ever change?
Essentially I'm trying to compile a list for myself of (in hypothetical situations) how large a pill would have to be/how much it would have to weigh to contain an active dose of "xyz" + binder.
I'm assuming that different substances are going to require different ratios of binder to hold them into a pill shape. I'm also assuming that chemists and people with similar interests know the rules behind how to determine what amounts of what are necessary. So... what are those rules? Is there some way that you can figure it out using technical/chemical knowledge of the substances involved, or is it something extraordinarily complex to figure out and is instead the kind of knowledge that gets passed around, because once it's been determined it doesn't ever change?
Essentially I'm trying to compile a list for myself of (in hypothetical situations) how large a pill would have to be/how much it would have to weigh to contain an active dose of "xyz" + binder.