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chromatography column
n. a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands [syn: column]
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Chromatography column
A Chromatography column is a device used in chromatography for the separation of chemical compounds. A chromatography column contains the stationary phase, allowing the mobile phase to pass through it. Chromatography columns of different types are used in both gas and liquid chromatography.
Usage examples of "chromatography column".
Once, when she lay down to wait for solvent to wash out a chromatography column, she dove into a most familiar need nightmare.