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The term chromatography was coined by a Russian scientist Tswett (1906), who reported the separation of different coloured constituents of leaves by extraction of the leaves by a suitable solvent and passing the extract through a column of calcium carbonate, alumina and sucrose. The name chromatography was derived from the greek word chromon meaning colour. According to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (I.U.P.A.C.), chromatography is defined as a physical method of separation of the components of a mixture.
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Ahluwalia, V.K. (2023). Chromatography. In: Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38355-7_2
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