chromatography

English

Etymology

From chromato- + -graphy.

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Noun

chromatography (countable and uncountable, plural chromatographies)

  1. (analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterised 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 effects the separation.

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