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noun

chromatography

a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency

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Six example sentences with chromatography, each labelled with its topic.

  • A drop of black ink climbed the damp paper and chromatography pulled it apart into blue, yellow, and pink bands.

    Science

  • The lab ran chromatography on the blood sample and identified three drugs the emergency team had not suspected.

    Medicine

  • Flavor chemists use chromatography to tell why one vanilla pod smells of smoke and another of dried fruit.

    Cooking

  • Conservators ran chromatography on a flake of the varnish and found a resin the painter could only have bought after 1850.

    Art

  • Water samples from the river go through chromatography every month, and the traces of farm pesticide appear as sharp peaks.

    Environment

  • The prosecution's expert explained chromatography to the jury, showing how the ink on the disputed page differed from the rest.

    Law

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