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Chemistry
TLC Separation by Polarity
Description
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) separates compounds in a mixture by polarity. It uses the same basic parts as other chromatography methods: a stationary phase, a mobile phase, and the solute. In TLC, the stationary phase is a thin coating on a plate instead of material packed into a column.
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Transcript
Thin-layer chromatography, or TLC, is a technique used to separate organic compounds based on differences in their polarities. There are three components of a TLC system: the stationary phase, the solute, and the development solvent.
The stationary phase is the surface on which the compounds will be separated, which is usually composed of...
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