C3: Instrumental Analysis

Question 0

What is chromatography?

Answer 0

A technique used to separate a mixture of substances using a stationary and moving phase.

Question 1

What is gas-liquid chromatography?

Answer 1

This separates compounds that are easily vapourised

Question 2

What is gel permeation chromatography?

Answer 2

Separating compounds according to the size of their molecules.

Question 3

What is ion-exchange chromatography?

Answer 3

Separating compounds containing differently charged particles

Question 4

What is gel electrophoresis?

Answer 4

Chromatography which uses an electric field to separate compounds moving across a gel covered plate.

Question 5

What is high performance liquid chromatography?

Answer 5

Separating compounds in a solution.

Question 6

What is mass spectrometry?

Answer 6

Provides information about elements and compounds
Tells us its relative mass
And information about its structure because some break up as they go through the spectrometer