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chromatography

American  
[kroh-muh-tog-ruh-fee] / ˌkroʊ məˈtɒg rə fi /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. the separation of mixtures into their constituents by preferential adsorption by a solid, as a column of silica column chromatography or a strip of filter paper paper chromatography, or by a liquid.


chromatography British  
/ ˌkrəʊmətəˈɡræfɪk, ˌkrəʊməˈtɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. the technique of separating and analysing the components of a mixture of liquids or gases by selective adsorption in, for example, a column of powder ( column chromatography ) or on a strip of paper ( paper chromatography ) See also gas chromatography

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chromatography Scientific  
/ krō′mə-tŏgrə-fē /
  1. A technique used to separate the components of a chemical mixture by moving the mixture along a stationary material, such as gelatin. Different components of the mixture are caught by the material at different rates and form isolated bands that can then be analyzed.


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Origin of chromatography

First recorded in 1725–35; chromato- + -graphy

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The findings were recently published in the Journal of Chromatography A.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

He and a team of graduate and undergraduate researchers at UTA collaborated on a new peer-reviewed study published in April in Journal of Chromatography A.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

The study appears in the March 15 issue of Journal of Chromatography B.

From US News • Mar. 10, 2015

If you want to look into the matter further there are books, such as "Field's Chromatography," which treat fully of the subject, and which you may study.

From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh

Mr Field, in his Chromatography, has rendered a very great service to art.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various

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