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Chromatography
Chroˊma-tog′ra-phy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], color +
-graphy
.] 1.
A treatise on colors
[archaic]
Definition 2024
chromatography
chromatography
English
Noun
chromatography (countable and uncountable, plural chromatographies)
- (analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterised by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) - the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases effects the separation.
Derived terms
- gas-liquid chromatography - GLC
- high performance liquid chromatography - HPLC
- ion exchange chromatography
- paper chromatography
- thin layer chromatography - TLC
Translations
analytical chemistry: technique for separation of components in a mixture
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