Noun
/krōˈmatəˌgraf/,
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chromatographs, plural;
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An apparatus for performing chromatography
Web Definitions:
- Chromatography (from Greek χρῶμα chroma "color" and γράφειν graphein "to write") is the collective term for a set of laboratory techniques for the separation of mixtures. ...
- (KROH-muh-to-grahf): a device that separates substances by pushing them through a material that absorbs each substance at a different rate.
- As a noun: a device used to implement a chromatographic separation. As a verb (IUPAC): the act of separating by elution through a chromatographic bed.
- An analytical instrument that separates mixtures of substances into identifiable components by means of chromatogophry.