chromatography
English
Etymology
Back-formation from chromatographic, borrowed from German chromatographisch; see there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɹəʊ.məˈtɒɡɹə.fi/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
chromatography (countable and uncountable, plural chromatographies)
- (analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized 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 affect the separation.
Derived terms
- argentation chromatography
- chromatography paper
- exclusion chromatography
- gas chromatography
- gas-liquid chromatography - GLC
- high-performance liquid chromatography - HPLC
- high-pressure liquid chromatography
- immunochromatography
- ion chromatography
- ion exchange chromatography
- paper chromatography
- radial chromatography
- size-exclusion chromatography
- thin-layer chromatography
- thin layer chromatography - TLC
Translations
analytical chemistry: technique for separation of components in a mixture
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