National Cancer Institute (source definition)
Liquid Chromatography
A type of chromatography in which separation of a mixture is achieved by passing a sample in a stream of liquid solvent through some form of material that will provide resistance by virtue of chemical interactions between the components of the sample and the material.
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What it is
A type of chromatography in which separation of a mixture is achieved by passing a sample in a stream of liquid solvent through some form of material that will provide resistance by virtue of chemical interactions between the components of the sample and the material.
Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16435. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
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