chromatography

English

Etymology

From chromato- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɹəʊ.məˈtɒɡɹə.fi/

Noun

chromatography (countable and uncountable, plural chromatographies)

1. (analytical 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

Translations

analytical chemistry: technique for separation of components in a mixture

• Catalan: cromatografia f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 色譜法／色谱法 (sik¹ pou² faat³), 色谱法 (sik¹ pou² faat³)

  Mandarin: 色譜法／色谱法 (sèpǔfǎ), 色谱法 (sèpǔfǎ), 層析法／层析法, 层析法 (céngxīfǎ), 色層分離法／色层分离法 (zh), 色层分离法 (zh) (sècéng fēnlífǎ), 色層分析法／色层分析法 (zh), 色层分析法 (zh) (sècéng fēnxīfǎ), 層析／层析, 层析 (céngxī)

• Danish: kromatografi c
• Estonian: kromatograafia
• Finnish: kromatografia (fi)
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• French: chromatographie (fr) f
• Greek: χρωματογραφία f (chromatografía)
• Hawaiian: hōʻauikala
• Ido: kromatografio (io)
• Indonesian: kromatografi (id)
• Irish: crómatagrafaíocht f
• Italian: cromatografia (it) f
• Persian: کروماتوگرافی (kromâtogerâfi)
• Portuguese: cromatografia f
• Russian: хроматогра́фия (ru) f (xromatográfija)
• Spanish: cromatografía f