Chromatography Flashcards
considered the gold standard for most testing due to its high sensitivity and specificity
GC coupled with MS
used to separate complex mixtures on the basis of different physical interactions between the individual compounds and the stationary phase of the system
Chromatography
through which the mobile phase flows
stationary Phase
carries the complex mixture
mobile phase
holding the stationary phase
column
separated components
Eluate
Modes of Separation
adsorption
partition
steric exclusion
ion-exchange chromatography
known as liquid–solid chromatography
adsorption
based on the competition between the sample and the mobile phase for adsorptive sites on the solid stationary phase.
adsorption
The molecules that are most soluble in the mobile phase move
fastest
The stationary phase can be
acidic polar (silica gel)
basic polar (alumina)
nonpolar (charcoal)
T/F:
Liquid–solid chromatography is not widely used in clinical laboratories because of technical problems with the preparation of a stationary phase that has homogeneous distribution of absorption sites.
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referred to as liquid–liquid chromatography
partition
based on relative solubility in an organic (nonpolar) solvent and an aqueous (polar) solvent
partition
partition (extraction) is performed in
separatory funnel
Polar molecules remain in the
aqueous solvent
nonpolar molecules are extracted in the
organic solvent
Modern partition chromatography uses ______________ that are chemically bonded to the support or high-molecular-weight polymers
pseudolipid stationary phase
a liquid–solid chromatography used to separate
solute molecules on the basis of size and shape
steric exclusion
enter the pores in the packing and are momentarily trapped
small molecules