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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)

  1. (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.

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