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Analytical methods Chapter 5 Flashcards

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1
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What is Spectrophotometric measurement?

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It is a measurement of light intensity in a narrower wavelength

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What is Photometric measurement?

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It is a measurement of light intensity without consideration of its wavelength

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3
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Is described as photons of energy traveling in waves

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Electromagnetic radiation

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What is the formula of the Beer’s law?

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Concentration of a substance is directly proportional to the amount of light absorbed or inversely proportional to the logarithm of the transmitted light

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What is the use of Light source?

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Incident light for the system

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6
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What are the common source of light used near infrared regions?

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Incandescent tungsten and Tungsten light bulb

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What are the alternatives used for UV spectrum?

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Deuterium discharge lamp and mercury arc lamp

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What is the use of Entrace slit?

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It minimizes the unwanted straylight

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9
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What is Straylight?

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It is a wavelength outside the band which can affect the measurement and cause absorbance error

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What is the use of monochromator?

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It isolates specific or individual wavelength of light

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Kinds of monochromator

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Prisms, Diffraction gratings and Interference Filters

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12
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The principle of prism

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A narrow beam of light focused on a prism is refracted as it enters the more dense glass

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13
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Most commonly used monochromator that consists of many parallel grooves

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Diffraction gratings

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Principle of constructive interference

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Light waves enter one side of the filter and are refracted at the 2nd surface

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What is the use of Exit Slit?

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It controls the width of the light beam or band pass

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The narrower the light beam

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the greater the resolution

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17
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sample cell/ absorption cell/ analytical cell

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cuvet

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18
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kinds of cuvet and some definition

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Alumina Silica glass- simple/ older
Quartz/ Plastic- used for UV spectrum
Borosilicate glass- can stand increase temperature
Soft glass- Common glass

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19
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scatter light and should be discarded

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scratches

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20
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Produces etching and dissolves glass

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Alkaline solutions

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21
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What is a Photodetector?

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It converts Light energy to Photoelectric Energy

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Kinds of Photodetectors:

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Photocell, Phototube and Photomultiplier tube

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23
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Requires external voltage and it gives off electron when light energy strikes it

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Phototube

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24
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Simplest detector and no external voltage

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Photocell

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25
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On a plate of iron covered with transparent layer of silver

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Selenium

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26
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Most common type which can detect low level of light and amplifies radiant energy 200x

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Photomultiplier tube

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27
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What is Sensitivity and Specificity?

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Sensitivity is a term that can measure even the smallest movement of light while Specificity is a term that can only detect a specific light

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28
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It detects less amount of light and not as sensitive as photomultiplier tube

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Phototransistors and Photodiode

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29
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moving needle on a dial or a digital display that indicates the amount of light passing

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Galvanometer/ Ammeter

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30
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Splits the monochromator light into two components

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Double-beam Spectrophotometer

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31
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Beam passes through:

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1st-sample

2nd- reference solution or blank

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32
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Used to check wavelength accuracy

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Didychium or holmium oxide filter

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33
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Reagent blank

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Blanking technique

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34
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light emitted by a single atom burned in flame and measurement of excited atoms (Na, K, Li)

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Flame-emission spectrophotometry

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35
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Principle of Flame-emission photometry

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Excitation of electrons from lower to higher energy state

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36
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Serves as a light source and cuvette for FEP?

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Flame

37
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Serves as a monochromator in FEP?

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Filter

38
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Components of FEP

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Nebulizer, Burner and Monochromator system

39
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Deliver a fine spray of sample

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Nebulizer

40
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Strikes the photomultiplier tube

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Monochromator system

41
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What is the light source used in Atomic absorption spectrophotometry?

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Hollow cathode lamp

42
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Light is not excited, unionized and at a ground state?

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Atomic absorption spectrophotometry

43
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Unexcited trace metals

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Ca++ and Mg++

44
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Converts Ions to atoms

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Atomizer (Nebulizer grapite furnace)

45
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Used to modulate light source

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Chopper

46
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Principle of Fluorometry

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amount of light emitted by a molecule after excitation by electromagnetic radiation and uses 2 monochromator

47
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light source used in fluorometry

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mercury arc and xenon lamp

48
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light detector used in fluorometry

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Photomultiplier tube

49
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difference between primary filter and secondary filter

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The primary filter is the selection of wavelength that is best absorbed by the solution while the secondary filter prevent incident light from striking the photodetector

50
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Advantage of Fluorometry

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1000x more sensitive than most spectophotometry

51
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Disadvantage of Fluorometry

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Quenching - sudden change in temperature and reduces intensity of fluorescence

52
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Principle of Chemiluminescence

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Exciting molecules by chemicals and requires no excitation radiation and monochromator (MOLECULES IN UNEXCITED STATE)

53
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Advantage of Chemiluminescence

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Speed (10s) - Picomdar detection

Simple instrumentation

54
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Principle of Turbidimetry

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Amount of Light blocked by suspension particles and is dependent on particle size and concentration

55
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Abundant in blood sample

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Albumin

56
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Principle of Nephelometry

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Light scattered by the small particles is measured at an angle forward to the incident light

57
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the higher the scattered light equals the no. of particle

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the increase in concentration

58
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Process of separating by electric current

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Electrophoresis

59
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2 types of Electrophoresis

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Iontophoresis and Zone Electrophoresis

60
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Migration of small ions

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Iontophoresis

61
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Migration of charged macromolecules in porous support

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Zone electrophoresis

62
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Protein are negatively charged and they moved toward the _______

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anode

63
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The 2 Buffers and their corresponding pH

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Barbital (veronal) pH 8.6

Tris-boric EDTA pH 8.7

64
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Acidic and basic, determine the net change on a protein (electrophoretic mobility)

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Electrophoresis

65
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3 supporting media

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Cellulose acetate, Agarose gel, Polyacrylamide gel

66
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separates serum proteins into 5 bands (no. of fractions)

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Cellulose acetate

67
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Agarose gel has how many bands?

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10-15 bands

68
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Polyacrylamide gel has how many bands?

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720 bands

69
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Migration is controlled by

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net change of the partilly, Particle size and shape, Electric fields, supporting media and Temperature

70
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movement of buffer and solvent relative to their fixed support

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Electroendosmosis

71
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separating molecules migrate(PH gradient) and proteins of identical size but with different net changes

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Isoelectric Focusing

72
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Separation is performed in narrow-bore fuse silica capillaries

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capillary electrophoresis

73
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Separation sample of mixtures between mobile and stationary phase

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Chromatography

74
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Modes of separation

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Adsorption (Liquid-Solid Chromatography), Partition ( Liquid-Liquid Chromatography), Steric Exclusion, Ion exchange

75
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Based on the competition of adsorptive sites (stationary phase)

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Adsorption (Liquid-solid Chromatography)

76
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Separation of solute based on the relative solubility of the compound

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Partition

77
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Separation by magnitude and charge of ionic species

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Ion exchange

78
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Gel filtration, Gel permeation or molecular chromatography and separates solutes

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Steric Exclusion

79
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2 stationary phase

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cation- exchange resin

Anion- exchange resin

80
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Side chains of cation

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H+ ions

81
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Side chains of Anion exchange

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OH-

82
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2 Types of Chromatography

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Planar and Columnar

83
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2 types of Planar Chromatography

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:Paper and Thin layer Chromatography (drug screening)

84
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Intube or coated column separation

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Columnar Chromatography

85
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distribution of solute between a liquid mobile phase and a stationary phase

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Liquid Chromatography

86
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used for fraction of drugs, hormones, lipids, carbohydrates and proteins

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HPLC (High performance liquid chromatography)

87
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pressure for fast separation of thermos substance

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HPLC

88
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used to separate mixture of compounds that are volatile

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Gas chromatography

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