Introduction to Chromatography
- Chromatography is a type of separation technique
- The main components of Chromatography are a mobile phase and a stationary phase
- A complex mixture is dissolved in the mobile phase and moves through the stationary phase
- Different components of complex mixtures separate due to their affinity to either the mobile phase or stationary phase
- There are different types of chromatography to give separation of complex mixtures
- The main types of chromatography are:
- Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- Gas Chromatography (GC)
- These types of chromatographic analysis are widely used in labs for Qualitative and Quatitative analysis.
- The different types of technique work under the same principles.