Question

What kind of mixtures can be separated by chromatography?

Answer 1

Chromatography

• It is a technique used to separate the constituents of a small quantity of a mixture of liquids or gases.
• Chromatography is a technique for the separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension through a medium in which the components move at different rates
• It is used primarily to detect which liquids are present in a mixture. It works by chemically separating the different molecules in the mixture.
• Example: Separation of RBC, WBC, and plasma from the blood sample by chromatography.
• other examples include: ink, dyes, etc