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Chromatography Lab

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In order to proceed with the lab, we must know what chromatography is and how it works. Chromatography is used for the separation of a dye mixture. As mentioned, there are two important components of chromatography; the adsorbent and the eluent. Adsorbents are the solid materials that attract and absorb the materials to be separated. The eluent is the solve, that carries the materials to be separated through the adsorbent. The concept of chromatography is that the compounds that are to be separated are slightly soluble in the eluent and spend some time on the adsorbent. Therefore, when the components of the mixture have different affinities for the eluent, they can be separated from each other. This works because of the polarity of the molecules

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