The Independent - London, August 7th, 2002
CHROMATOGRAPHY, A method for the separation of complex chemical mixtures, depends on partitioning the various components of the mixture between a stationary phase and a mobile phase which passes over or through the stationary phase. Although the method was discovered in 1903, development was slow until Archer Martin and R.L.M. Synge published their work on liquid-liquid partition chromatography in 1941.
This work led to a great advance in the scope and power of the method so that, today, it is of paramount importance in all branches of chemistry from the composition of petrol to the structure...
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