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Chromatography an educational tool

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The technique of chromatography is studied to bring forth the underlying concepts such as adsorption, partition, polarity/ non-polarity of a compound. The materials required are very simple such as chalk, starch, ink, etc. Once the concepts are understood, the technique can be easily extrapolated to analyze complex biological samples as well.

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  1. Biology Department, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (TIFR), 400005, Mumbai, India

    Rekha Rajiv Vartak (Visiting Fellow)

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Vartak, R.R. Chromatography an educational tool. Reson 6, 83–91 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02839088

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