Commercial applications of chromatography
Show post-16 students how the analytical techniques they learn in the classroom have real-world applications with this poster and fact sheet
This poster is published in the September 2025 issue of Education in Chemistry and will be available online from 13 October.
We teach the analytical technique chromatography throughout science education. At post-16, we go into more depth and cover different types of chromatography, including paper chromatography, thin-layer chromatography (TLC), column chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC). However, learners aged 16–18 may struggle to see the relevance of these techniques to the real world. Use this poster to show commercial applications of what they learn in the classroom and download the fact sheet for more information on how chemists use the techniques to separate and identify components of a mixture. Suitable for key stage 5, S5–6 and senior cycle.
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