Introduction to Chromatography Flashcards
- Chromatography is a physical method that is used to
separate and analyse __________
a) Simple mixtures
b) Complex mixtures
c) Viscous mixtures
d) Metals
b) Complex mixtures
- In which type of chromatography, the stationary phase
held in a narrow tube and the mobile phase is forced
through it under pressure?
a) Column chromatography
b) Planar chromatography
c) Liquid chromatography
d) Gas chromatography
a) Column chromatography
- In chromatography, the stationary phase can be
___________ supported on a solid.
a) Solid or liquid
b) Liquid or gas
c) Solid only
d) Liquid only
a) Solid or liquid
- In chromatography, which of the following can the
mobile phase be made of?
a) Solid or liquid
b) Liquid or gas
c) Gas only
d) Liquid only
b) Liquid or gas
- Which of the following cannot be used as an adsorbent
in Column adsorption chromatography?
a) Magnesium oxide
b) Silica gel
c) Activated alumina
d) Potassium permanganate
d) Potassium permanganate
- Which of the following types of chromatography
involves the separation of substances in a mixture over a
0.2mm thick layer of an adsorbent?
a) Gas liquid
b) Column
c) Thin layer
d) Paper
c) Thin layer
- Chromatography cannot be used to purify volatile
substances.
a) True
b) False
b) False
- In Column chromatography, the stationary phase is
made of _________ and the mobile phase is made of
_________
a) Solid, liquid
b) Liquid, liquid
c) Liquid, gas
d) Solid, gas
a) Solid, liquid
- Chromatography cannot be used to separate delicate
products.
a) True
b) False
b) False
- In Thin layer chromatography, the stationary phase is
made of _________ and the mobile phase is made of
_________
a) Solid, liquid
b) Liquid, liquid
c) Liquid, gas
d) Solid, gas
a) Solid, liquid
- In Gas-liquid phase chromatography, the stationary
phase is composed of _________ and the mobile phase is
made of _________
a) Solid, liquid
b) Liquid, liquid
c) Liquid, gas
d) Solid, gas
c) Liquid, gas
- In which of the following type of paper,
chromatography does the mobile phase move horizontally
over a circular sheet of paper?
a) Ascending paper chromatography
b) Descending paper chromatography
c) Radial paper chromatography
d) Ascending – descending chromatography
c) Radial paper chromatography
- Liquid chromatography can be performed in which of
the following ways?
a) Only in columns
b) Only on plane surfaces
c) Either in columns or on plane surfaces
d) Neither in columns nor on plane surfaces
c) Either in columns or on plane surfaces
- Gas chromatography can be performed in which of the
following ways?
a) Only in columns
b) Only on plane surfaces
c) Either in columns or on plane surfaces
d) Neither in columns nor on plane surfaces
a) Only in columns
- Which of the following types of chromatography
involves the process, where the mobile phase moves
through the stationary phase by the influence of gravity or
capillary action?
a) Column Chromatography
b) High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
c) Gas Chromatography
d) Planar Chromatography
d) Planar Chromatography
- Which of the following steps takes place after injection
of feed in Column chromatography?
a) Detection of components
b) Separation in the column
c) Elution from the column
d) Collection of eluted component
a) Detection of components
- What happens during the ‘elution from the column’
phase in chromatography?
a) Components with greatest affinity elute first
b) Components with least affinity elute first
c) Components elute in a random manner
d) Components elute according to their concentration in
the mixture
b) Components with least affinity elute first
- Components with a strong attraction to the support
move more slowly than components with weak attraction.
a) True
b) False
a) True
- In chromatogram, the position of peaks on the time axis
can be used to determine which of the following?
a) Components of the sample
b) Amount of component in the sample
c) Column efficiency
d) Column resolution
a) Components of the sample
- In chromatogram, the area under the peak can be used
to determine which of the following?
a) Components of the sample
b) Amount of component in the sample
c) Column efficiency
d) Column resolution
b) Amount of component in the sample
- The stationary phase could be a viscous liquid coated
over a surface of solid particles.
a) True
b) False
a) True
- Using Chromatogram as detector in Chromatography, a
graph is obtained between ____________ and time.
a) Quantity
b) Density
c) Concentration
d) Specific gravity
c) Concentration
- How is the molar concentration of solute in stationary
phase related to molar concentration of solute in the
mobile phase?
a) Directly proportional
b) Inversely proportional
c) Equal
d) Not related
a) Directly proportional
- In older analytical methods, which of the following
methods were used to allow movement of the mobile
phase?
a) Pumps
b) Pressure
c) Gravity
d) Blowing air into the column
c) Gravity
- If the value of the distribution constant ‘k’ is one, then
what could be inferred about the distribution of solute?
a) Its distribution in stationary phase is greater
b) Its distribution in mobile phase is greater
c) It is equally distributed in stationary and mobile phase
d) It is distributed in a random manner
- The time taken by the analyte after sample injection to
reach the detector is called _________
a) Dead time
b) Solute migration rate
c) Adjusted retention time
d) Retention time
d) Retention time
- The time required for a molecule of the mobile phase to
pass through the column is called ___________
a) Dead time
b) Solute migration rate
c) Adjusted retention time
d) Retention time
a) Dead time
- Adjusted retention time is the remaining retention time
after subtracting __________ from ___________
a) Solute migration rate and retention time
b) Retention time and solute migration rate
c) Dead time and retention time
d) Retention time and dead time
c) Dead time and retention time
- Which of the following is the volume of mobile phase
required to make a solute band move from the point of
injection through the column to the detector?
a) Dead volume
b) Retention volume
c) Void volume
d) Adjusted retention volume
b) Retention volume
- Adjusted retention volume is the remaining retention
volume after subtracting ___________ from
_____________
a) Solute migration rate and retention volume
b) Retention volume and solute migration rate
c) Dead volume and retention volume
d) Retention volume and dead volume
c) Dead volume and retention volume
- Which of the following is defined as the ratio of moles of
solute in stationary phase to the moles of solute in the
mobile phase?
a) Distribution constant
b) Volumetric phase ratio
c) Retention factor
d) Total porosity
c) Retention factor
- Which of the following is the ratio of the interstitial
volume of packing to the volume of its total mass?
a) Distribution constant
b) Volumetric phase ratio
c) Retention factor
d) Total porosity
d) Total porosity
- Which of the following is the ratio of the length of
column packing to dead time?
a) Average linear rate of solute migration
b) Average linear rate of mobile migration
c) Relative migration rate
d) Selectivity factor
b) Average linear rate of mobile migration
- Which of the following is the ratio of a length of
column packing to retention time?
a) Average linear rate of solute migration
b) Average linear rate of mobile migration
c) Relative migration rate
d) Selectivity factor
a) Average linear rate of solute migration
- Retention distance is the distance between point of
injection and minimum peak in the recorder or computer
generated chart.
a) True
b) False
b) False
- Retention factor is also known as the capacitance
factor.
a) True
b) False
a) True
- Retention volume can be obtained by finding the
product of which of the following parameters?
a) Dead time and total porosity
b) Retention time and volumetric flow rate
c) Adjusted retention time and volumetric flow rate
d) Retention time and total porosity.
b) Retention time and volumetric flow rate
- What must be the value of the selectivity factor?
a) Equal to 1
b) Less than 1
c) Greater than 1
d) Greater than 0
c) Greater than 1
- Which of the following is the distance that the solute
moves while undergoing one partition?
a) Retention distance
b) Distribution constant
c) Plate height
d) Column packing length
c) Plate height
- Which of the following conditions will cause the
efficiency of the column to increase?
a) Plate number becomes greater, plate height becomes
smaller
b) Plate number becomes smaller, plate height becomes
smaller
c) Plate number becomes greater, plate height becomes
larger
d) Plate number becomes greater, plate height becomes
larger
a) Plate number becomes greater, plate height becomes
smaller
- Which of the following is the expression for Eddy
diffusion in the column, if ‘γ’ represents obstruction factor,
‘dp’ represents particle diameter, ‘DM’ represents Solute
diffusion co-efficient and ‘λ’ represents function for
packing uniformity?
a) λ dM
b) 2 γ DM
c) DM γ
d) λ/dM
a) λ dM
- Which of the following is the expression for longitudinal
diffusion in the column, if ‘γ’ represents obstruction factor,
‘dM’ represents particle diameter, ‘DM’ represents Solute
diffusion co-efficient and ‘λ’ represents function for
packing uniformity?
a) λ dM
b) 2 γ DM
c) DM γ
d) λ/dM
b) 2 γ DM
- In gas-liquid chromatography, when films are used in
the interior of the capillary column, then what is the value
of Eddy diffusion?
a) Greater than 1
b) Less than 1
c) Zero
d) Less than zero
c) Zero
- For an unpacked coated capillary column, the
obstruction factor takes which of the following values?
a) 0
b) 0.6
c) 1
d) 1.6
c) 1
- Base line resolution is achieved when degree of
resolution/separation is ______
a) 1
b) 0
c) 0.5
d) 1.5
d) 1.5
- Which of the following equations give the expression for plate number, N when ‘tR’ is the adjusted retention time and ‘Wb’ is the width at the base of the peak which is
equal to 4 standard deviations.
a) 16 tR
2/Wb
b) 4 tR
2/Wb
c) (4tR/Wb)^2
d) 4 (tR/Wb)2
c) (4tR/Wb)^2
- For the separation of which of the following substances,
Gas-solid chromatography is being used?
a) Thermally stable organic components
b) Volatile organic components
c) Thermally stable inorganic components
d) Low molecular weight gaseous species
d) Low molecular weight gaseous species
- It is more difficult to measure the width at half peak
height than the base width in the detector output.
a) True
b) False
b) False