Chromatography
chromatography
DR SALMAN KHAN
SRI SAI DENTAL
COLLEGE ,VKB
1st
Year Student
What is Chromatography?
Chromatography is a technique for separating
mixtures into their components in order to
analyze, identify, purify, and/or quantify the
mixture or components.
Separate
• Analyze
• Identify
• Purify
• QuantifyComponentsMixture
CHROMATOGRAPHY
Chromatography - Definition
Uses for Chromatography
Chromatography is used by scientists to:
• Analyze – examine a mixture, its components, and
their relations to one another
• Identify – determine the identity of a mixture or
components based on known components
• Purify – separate components in order to isolate
one of interest for further study
• Quantify – determine the amount of the a mixture
and/or the components present in the sample
TYPES OF CHROMATOGRAPHY
PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY
Paper Chromatography Experiment
Preparing the Chromatography Strips
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Take a strips of filter paper
(Whatman No. 1 or 3)
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Draw a line 2 cm above the
bottom edge of the strip with
the pencil
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Label each strip with its
corresponding solution
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Place a spot from each pen on
your starting line
Preparing the Solvent mixture
solvent mixture consisting of
•BUTANOL: ACETIC ACID :WATER
4 : 1 : 5
Developing the Chromatograms
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Place the strip in the beaker
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Make sure the solution does not
come above your start line
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Keep the beakers covered
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Let strips develop until the
ascending solution front is about
2 cm from the top of the strip
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Remove the strip and let it dry
Developing the Chromatograms
Rf = distance moved by substance
distance moved by solvent front
compounds
Thin Layer Chromatography
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Thin layer of silica gel is spread on a glass plate
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TLC takes 2-4hrs in whereas paper
chromatography takes 14-16 hrs
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Can be performed as two dimensional
Thin Layer Chromatography
Gas Liquid Chromatography
Here the mobile phase is an unreactive gas ( eg
Nitrogen) flowing through a tube.
And the stationary phase is an involatile liquid
held on particles of a solid support.
In the animation below the red molecules are more soluble
in the liquid (or less volatile) than are the green molecules.
2.Adsorption chromatography
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Separation is based on
differences in adsorption
at the surface of solid
stationary medium
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Alumina,silica gel are
used
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These are packed into
columns
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Components get
adsorbed at different
affinity
3.Ion Exchange chromatography
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Separation of molecules
on the basis of their
electrical charges
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Ion exchange resins –
cation exchangers and
anion exchangers are
used for this purpose
Ion exchange Chromatography
4.Gel filtration chromatography
Also called molecular sieving
Hydrophilic cross linked gels –agarose ,dextran ,acrylamide
are used
Technique is used for (1)seperation ,purification of proteins
(2)mol.wt determination
Eg:insulin,immunoglobulins
Gel filtration chromatography
Gel Filtration Chromatography
5.Affinity chromatography
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Based on high
affinity of specific
protein for specific
chemical group
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Eg:co-enzymes
can be used to
purify enzymes
6.High pressure liuid chromatography (HPLC)
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Require use of non
compressible resin material
and strong metal column
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Widely used for separation
of all types of compounds
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This allows high flow rates
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Seperation is achieved with
better resolution and high
speed

Chromatography-DR SALMAN KHAN