chromatography: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	capillary analysis

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elution chromatography

Close-up view of a coiled glass gas chromatography column mounted in a metal holder.

Thin-layer chromatography

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refractive index detector thermal-conductivity detector flame photometric detector electron-capture detector flame-ionization detector planar chromatography lower limit of detection linear range chromatogram partition chromatography mass spectrometry zone melting distillation chemical precipitation spectrochemical analysis colorimetry polarimetry

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