chromatography

chromatography

English

Etymology

Back-formation from chromatographic, borrowed from German chromatographisch; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹəʊ.məˈtɒɡɹə.fi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

chromatography (countable and uncountable, plural chromatographies)

1. (analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterised by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) - the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases effects the separation.

Derived terms

• argentation chromatography
• chromatography paper
• exclusion chromatography
• gas chromatography
• gas-liquid chromatography - GLC
• high-performance liquid chromatography
• high performance liquid chromatography - HPLC
• high-pressure liquid chromatography
• immunochromatography
• ion chromatography
• ion exchange chromatography
• paper chromatography
• radial chromatography
• size-exclusion chromatography
• thin-layer chromatography
• thin layer chromatography - TLC

 

Translations

analytical chemistry: technique for separation of components in a mixture

Catalan: cromatografia f Chinese: Cantonese: 色譜法, 色谱法 (sik1 pou2 faat3) Mandarin: 色譜法／色谱法 (zh), 色谱法 (zh) (sèpǔfǎ), 層析法／层析法, 层析法 (céngxīfǎ), 色層分離法／色层分离法 (zh), 色层分离法 (zh) (sècéng fēnlífǎ), 色層分析法／色层分析法 (zh), 色层分析法 (zh) (sècéng fēnxīfǎ), 層析／层析, 层析 (céngxī) Danish: kromatografi c Estonian: kromatograafia Finnish: kromatografia (fi) French: chromatographie (fr) f German: Chromatografie f Greek: χρωματογραφία f (chromatografía) Hawaiian: hōʻauikala Ido: kromatografio (io) Indonesian: kromatografi (id) Irish: crómatagrafaíocht f Italian: cromatografia (it) f Persian: کروماتوگرافی‎ (kromâtogerâfi) Portuguese: cromatografia f Russian: хроматогра́фия (ru) f (xromatográfija) Spanish: cromatografía f