chromatography
pronunciation
How to pronounce chromatography in British English:
UK [ˌkrəʊməˈtɒgrəfi]
How to pronounce chromatography in American English:
US [ˌkroʊməˈtɑ;grəfi]
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- Noun:
- a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency
Word Origin
- chromatography (n.)
- 1731, from chromato-, Latinized comb. form of Greek khroma (genitive khromatos) "color" (see chroma), denoting "color" or "chromatin" + -graphy. Related: Chromatograph.
Example
- 1. Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy are powerful tools .
- 2. Using chromatography , a method that divides the molecules in a mixture based on charge or size , they separated out individual proteins from samples of the microbe .
- 3. And a liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry analysis of sample meteorites and the environments where they were found seems to confirm this .
- 4. At the munich olympics in 1972 , therefore , the ioc introduced some newfangled chemical tools : gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy .
- 5. Continuous separation of enantiomers by simulated moving bed chromatography .