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Engineering Chemistry S Datta

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CHROMATOGRAPHY 505

Weak

Medium

Strong

Adsorbent (stationary phase)

R

S|

T|

R

S|

T|

R

S|

T|

Table 23.1 Adsorbents and solvents

Sucrose

Starch

Insulin

Talc.

Sodium carbonate

Calcium carbonate

Calcium phosphate

Magnesium carbonate

Magnesium oxide

Calcium hydroxide

Activated magnesium silicate

Activated alumina

Activated charcoal

Activated magnesia

Activated silica

Adsorbate (mobile phase)

Petroleum ether

Carbon tetrachloride

Cyclohexane

Carbon disulphide

Ether

Acetone

Benzene

Toluene

Esters

Acetonitrile

Chloroform

Alcohols

Water

Pyridine

etc.

Schematic representation of apparatus for column chromatography

Increasing eluting power

Reservoir of

mobile phase

Mobile phase

Sand or filter

paper disc

Adsorbent

Sinter disc

Column Characteristics

Receiver

(Conical flask,

test tube etc.)

Fig. 23.1 A set-up for column chromatography.

Adsorbent/adsorbate weight ratio 30:1

Length/diameter ratio 10-15:1

Column length:

(i) Multicomponent system

(ii) Components with similar affinities for adsorbent

(iii) Components with different affinities for adsorbent

Long column

Long column

Short column

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