Thin Layer Chromatography Lab

Chromatography is a fairly simple process. First, you put a dot of ink(or in our case, the M&M food dye) near the bottom of some chromotography paper (also known as filter paper), and then hang the paper vertically with its lower edge (the one closest to the spot of dye) dipped in a solvent (In our case, the sodium chloride solution). Capillary action forces the solvent to travel up the paper, where it meets and dissolves the ink. The dissolved ink (which is the mobile phase) slowly travels up the paper (the stationary phase) and separates out into its different elements. Another way of describing it is to think of the liquid as an adhesive-like liquids, some of which stick more to the solid and can travel more slowly than others. This is

Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to identify the dyes present in the different mixtures. Introduction: This lab uses chromatography to determine the dyes present. It is also used to identify the different intermolecular forces each solution and dye has.

After wearing the gloves we obtained a chromatography vial from professor and label it with my and my peer initials. We dried up the chromatography vial in fume hood and added 1 ml of chromatography solvent to the vial. Then we took a chromatography strip and measure it 1.5 cm with ruler from one end of the strip and drew a line with pencil we cut two small pieces below the pencil line to form a pointed end. We applied spinach on the strip using quarter to rub the spinach leaf on the line that we drew on the strip and put it into the chromatography vial and placed that in fume hood. We observed as the solvent was moving up the chromatography strip by capillary action. When the solvent was reached approximately 1 cm from the top of the strip then we removed the cap from the vial. We took out the strip from the vial using forceps and marked up the location of the solvent front because it evaporates quickly. We measure out the distance as well as the pigment in order to find out the rf value. Moreover we compared rf values to the one in reference list in order to identify the

When the solvent has reached the top of the plate, the plate is removed from the developing chamber, dried, and the separated components of the mixture are visualized. If the compounds are colored, visualization is straightforward. Usually the compounds are not colored, so a UV lamp is used to visualize the plates. (The plate itself contains a fluorescent dye which glows everywhere except where an

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A clean toothpick is used for every standard to place a small spot of the dye on the cross mark of the paper in the appropriate column. The spot cannot get too large, or the chromatogram may be streaky and difficult to read. Spots should not be greater than 2 mm in width. The spot may have to dry and more sample will have to be added to get a dark spot without the spot becoming too diffuse.

Moreover, liquids, not to mention, have different densities which enable decantation to be used to separate the different liquids with unique densities. Decantation could be done by pouring liquids into a container and waiting for the liquids to arrange themselves from least dense on the top to the densest liquid on the bottom thus allowing the different liquids to be separated. In like manner, paper chromatography could also be used as a technique to separate a mixture. In this experiment, pigments were separated by inserting a special chromotography paper into a cup with very little water in it. This water traveled up the paper and separate the pigments based off of solubility.

Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) is an extremely useful technique for monitoring reactions. It is also used to determine the proper solvent system for performing separations using column chromatography. TLC uses a stationary phase, usually alumina or silica, that is highly polar (standard) or non-polar (reverse phase), and a mobile phase, some solvent whose polarity you will choose. In 5.301, and in most lab applications, you will use standard phase silica plates. You will apply your reaction mixture in solution to the plate then "run" the plate by allowing a solvent (or combination of solvents) to move up the plate by capillary action.

Chromatography Used To Test Drugs in Sport Lucy Walsh Year 10 What is Chromatography? Chromatography is the process of splitting substances in mixtures, into their individual components. The chemicals are either in liquid or gas form. All types of chromatography are done in similar ways, both have a stationary and mobile phase.

Pigments extracted from different greens have different polarities and may be different colors. Mixed pigments can be separated using chromatography paper. Chromatography paper is able to separate mixed pigments due to their polarity and solubility. Pigments of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and beta carotene will be separated on chromatography paper because each has its own polarity and solubility, which results in different distance traveled up the paper. Beta carotene is non-polar so it travels the highest distance, followed by chlorophyll a. Chlorophyll b is the most polar; therefore, it travels the shortest distance. The separated pigments on the chromatography paper can be eluted in acetone and absorbance spectrum is

2.6.1.2 Thin Layer Chromatography Thin layer chromatography (TLC) is a relatively simple separation technique done by placing the sample on a flat surface covered with a dried gel, and allowing it to migrate by soaking it in an elute which must be pure, chemically inert and highly volatile. The eluent diffuses along the support that could be fast or slow depending on the nature of interactions. Two types of chromatographic phenomena are ob-served either adsorption or sharing. Adsorption occurs when the silica support has an interaction of its activated sites with the solute, while sharing is due to the pos-sible presence of water in the eluent or gel ().

In this lab, paper chromatography will be used to separate the components of known and unknown mixtures and then used to identify those components. Paper chromatography is a technique where a drop of solution containing a mixture is placed on a piece of filter paper. One end of the filter paper is then placed into a liquid solvent. The mixture will separate into its different components as the solvent moves up the filter paper. The filter paper is known as the stationary phase. The solvent is known as the mobile phase because it uses capillary action to move up the paper. The mixture will be separated into its different components because each component will have a unique chemical affinity for the paper and for the solvent. Theses affinities

Gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) is a process where an unknown organic sample is dissolved in a solvent then vaporised to separate it into its’ components. This is carried out by using two phases; the stationary phase and the mobile phase. The mobile phase is the gas containing the sample and the stationary phase is a liquid absorbed in a solid support. The liquid can be changed depending on the mixture being tested, so the stationary phase is packed in to a long, thin tube called the column (4college, 2016). Gas-liquid chromatography has many uses in forensic chemistry such as determining the identity of a fuel used in a deliberately lit fire.

Chromatography is a method used mainly in labs in order to isolate organic compounds from inorganic compounds in order to be observed. Via this technique, scientists are able to differentiate between the substances which create a particular compound. Chromatography can be used to separate mixtures of coloured compounds. Mixtures which are suitable for separation by chromatography are inks, colouring agents in foods and dyes. You can

     In liquid chromatography, the separator is called the column and consists in most cases of a tube filled with porous material called the stationary phase. A liquid, called the mobile phase, flows through the tube between the particles of stationary phase material. A liquid sample is taken from a mixture to be analyzed and introduced to a part of the system that is at elevated pressure. The sample is then transported to a separator by the flow in the system.