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Why do you not move the solvent during chromatography?

Moving the solvent during chromatography can cause the separation to be less precise and less effective. Allowing the solvent to move by capillary action through the stationary phase ensures a controlled separation of the components in the mixture based on their interactions with the stationary phase. Moving the solvent can disrupt this process and lead to inaccurate results.


How do pigments migrate?

Pigments migrate through a process called chromatography, where they are separated based on their size and solubility in a solvent. As the solvent travels up a chromatography paper, pigments with higher solubility move faster and travel further, resulting in distinct bands of separated pigments. The migration of pigments in chromatography is based on their individual chemical properties and interactions with the solvent.


Why the descending method of chromatography is faster than the other method?

Descending chromatography is faster because gravity aids in pulling the solvent down through the stationary phase, allowing for quicker elution of compounds. In this method, the analytes travel with the solvent flow, resulting in faster separation compared to ascending chromatography where the solvent has to move against gravity.


Is solvent extraction extraction a type of chromatography?

Solvent extraction is not a type of chromatography. Solvent extraction involves the separation of compounds based on their solubility in different solvents, while chromatography separates compounds based on their interactions with a stationary phase and a mobile phase.


What is the difference between the stationary phase and the mobile phase in chromatography?

stationary phase stays at the bottom of the paper chromatography while mobile phase is moving on the stationary phase and move on stationary phase till it gets its right place on the top of the paper or somwhere else.

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What is descending paper chromatography?

ascending chromatography is a type of chromatography in which chromatic substance is in mobile phase and moving from bottom to top. similarly in descending chromatography mobile phase moving from top to bottom.


Why do you not move the solvent during chromatography?

Moving the solvent during chromatography can cause the separation to be less precise and less effective. Allowing the solvent to move by capillary action through the stationary phase ensures a controlled separation of the components in the mixture based on their interactions with the stationary phase. Moving the solvent can disrupt this process and lead to inaccurate results.


Mobile phase in relation to chromatography?

a moving or mobile phase is a mixture you want to separate , dissolved in a solvent.


Why solvent is used in Paper chromatography?

Solvent is used in paper chromatography to carry the sample mixture along the paper and separate its components based on their affinity for the solvent and the paper. As the solvent moves through the paper, it dissolves the components of the sample and allows them to separate based on their solubility and interactions with the paper.


A method of separating mixtures by using chromatographic paper and a solvent?

This method is called paper chromatography.


What are the two types of paper chromatogaphy?

The two types of paper chromatography are ascending chromatography, where the solvent moves up the paper, and descending chromatography, where the solvent moves down the paper.


How do pigments migrate?

Pigments migrate through a process called chromatography, where they are separated based on their size and solubility in a solvent. As the solvent travels up a chromatography paper, pigments with higher solubility move faster and travel further, resulting in distinct bands of separated pigments. The migration of pigments in chromatography is based on their individual chemical properties and interactions with the solvent.


What is the purpose of an alumina column?

Column chromatography is generally used as a purification technique: it isolates desired compounds from a mixture.Column chromatography is separated into two categories, depending on how the solvent flows down the column. If the solvent is allowed to flow down the column by gravity, or percolation, it is called gravity column chromatography. If the solvent is forced down the column by positive air pressure, it is called flash chromatography, a "state of the art" method currently used in organic chemistry research laboratories The term "flash chromatography" was coined by Professor W. Clark Still because it can be done in a "flash."


Why does carotene travel farthest in chromatography of leaf pigments?

Carotene travels the farthest in chromatography of leaf pigments because it is the least soluble in the chromatography solvent. This means it interacts less with the solvent and more with the chromatography paper, allowing it to move further up the paper before the solvent front stops it.


Why the descending method of chromatography is faster than the other method?

Descending chromatography is faster because gravity aids in pulling the solvent down through the stationary phase, allowing for quicker elution of compounds. In this method, the analytes travel with the solvent flow, resulting in faster separation compared to ascending chromatography where the solvent has to move against gravity.


Is solvent extraction extraction a type of chromatography?

Solvent extraction is not a type of chromatography. Solvent extraction involves the separation of compounds based on their solubility in different solvents, while chromatography separates compounds based on their interactions with a stationary phase and a mobile phase.


What is the difference between the stationary phase and the mobile phase in chromatography?

stationary phase stays at the bottom of the paper chromatography while mobile phase is moving on the stationary phase and move on stationary phase till it gets its right place on the top of the paper or somwhere else.