what is chromatography ? state the principal and procedure of paper chromatography
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Principle of paper chromatography: The principle involved is partition chromatography wherein the substances are distributed or partitioned between liquid phases. One phase is the water, which is held in the pores of the filter paper used; and other is the mobile phase which moves over the paper.
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AUG 4, 2019
What Is Paper Chromatography: Principle, Types, & Uses
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What Is Paper Chromatography?
Paper chromatography is one of the types of chromatography procedures which runs on a piece of specialized paper. It is a planar chromatography system wherein a cellulose filter paper acts as a stationary phase on which the separation of compounds occurs.
Principle of paper chromatography: The principle involved is partition chromatography wherein the substances are distributed or partitioned between liquid phases. One phase is the water, which is held in the pores of the filter paper used; and other is the mobile phase which moves over the paper. The compounds in the mixture get separated due to differences in their affinity towards water (in stationary phase) and mobile phase solvents during the movement of mobile phase under the capillary action of pores in the paper.
The principle can also be adsorption chromatography between solid and liquid phases, wherein the stationary phase is the solid surface of the paper and the liquid phase is of the mobile phase. But most of the applications of paper chromatography work on the principle of partition chromatography, i.e., partitioned between to liquid phases.