Chromatography is known as the technique primarily used for the separation, purification, and testing of various compounds.
During the chromatography process, the mixture which is to be separated is placed on a stationary phase, and a pure solvent,i.e water or any gas, is allowed to slowly travel over the stationary phase,
Which makes the components to be brought down separately according to their solubility in the pure solvent.
Paper chromatography:
Paper chromatography is a type of planar chromatography in which chromatography procedures are performed on specialized paper.
It is considered to be the simplest and most widely used chromatographic technique due to its applicability used for isolation, identification, and quantitative determination of organic and inorganic compounds.
Paper chromatography is mostly known as the type of partition chromatography technique.
In the paper chromatography method, the stationary phase used is chromatography paper, which is suspended in a mixture of solvents and acts as a mobile phase.
Hence, Paper chromatography is a type of partition chromatography.
