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Chromatography vs Eluent - What's the difference?

chromatography | eluent |

As nouns the difference between chromatography and eluent

is that chromatography is any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterised by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) - the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases effects the separation while eluent is in chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.

chromatography

English

Noun

  • (chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterised by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) - the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases effects the separation.

    • Derived terms

    * gas-liquid chromatography - GLC * high performance liquid chromatography - HPLC * ion exchange chromatography * paper chromatography * thin layer chromatography - TLC

    eluent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eluant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (analytical chemistry) In chromatography, a solvent used in order to effect separation by elution.

    • References

    * Eluent , Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 2007. ----