All Chromatography articles – Page 2

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    Introduction to spectroscopy

    Get back to basics with this primer on the principles of spectroscopic techniques, including infrared (IR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). To make it even easier, each technique has clear explanations and descriptions supported by animations.

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    Chromatography

    Chromatography covers a broad range of physical methods used to separate and/or analyse complex mixtures. It can be preparative or analytical and has a wide range of applications.

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    Separation techniques

    2018-11-26T12:04:00Z

    Distilling the essentials of separation

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    Resource

    Aspirin screen experiment

    Get students aged 16–18 running their own organic synthesis on a computer or tablet before taking part in the real thing. This resource also features an in-depth practical guide and a set of worksheets covering the theory.

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    How hot are chilli peppers?

    This resource explores the chemistry of capsaicinoids and the properties they give to chillies.

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    The chemistry of flavour

    Worksheets and videos on the molecules responsible for flavour, and how cooking affects cell walls.

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    Feature

    Chromatography fights food fraud

    2018-06-04T11:58:00Z

    How chromatography helped solve a food safety crisis – includes classroom resources.

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    Resource

    Paracetamol book

    This book consists of seven freestanding activities that can be used in a wide range of teaching and learning situations in both academic and vocational courses.

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    Aspirin book

    This book contains eight free-standing activities that can be used singly or as a coherent package in a wide range of teaching and learning situations for both academic and vocational courses.

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    Feature

    Know your poison: the festival chemical safety net

    2017-08-16T15:33:00Z

    How analytical chemistry helps reduce the harms of drug use

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    CPD

    Practical chromatography

    2017-03-09T08:10:00Z

    Ideas for enhancing practical chromatography

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    Chromatography: how black is a black pen?

    Black never goes out of style, and with this experiment learners can explore what colours go into making black ink with chromatography

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    Separating mixtures: That’s Chemistry!

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    The ‘separating mixtures’ chapter from That’s Chemistry! This chapter looks at key ideas and activities that can be used to help students learn how sieving can separate particles of different sizes and other methods used for separating mixtures.

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    Experiment

    Crime scene chromatography

    Using three different black pens, learners can put their scientific curiosity to use and explore chromatography

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    Cracking Chemistry!

    Work your way through these fun chemistry practicals developed by National Science & Engineering Week.

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    Experiment

    Colour chemistry

    A variety of experiments that explore colour changing, so learners can experience a comprehensive look into the brighter side of chemistry

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    HPLC-free synthesis slashes protein production time

    2016-09-02T00:00:00Z

    Tagging system may make building biologically relevant proteins faster, cheaper and greener

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    Resource

    Thin layer chromatography

    The technique of Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) is normally used as an analytical method to follow the progress of a reaction, to analyse mixtures or to establish conditions for a preparative separation of compounds using column chromatography. The stationary phase (often silica) is coated on plastic or aluminium plates. The ...

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    Scaling new peaks

    2016-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Nina Notman admires the plethora of different uses for the separation techniques known collectively as chromatography

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    Experiment

    Leaf chromatography

    In association with

    Try this class practical to use paper chromatography to separate and investigate the pigments in a leaf. Includes kit list and safety instructions.