ISBN: 9781839378898
Year: 2023
Binding: HB
Price: GBP 212.00
"Chromatography' is an analytical method that is often used to separate a mixture of chemical compounds into their constituents, allowing for in-depth analysis of the constituents. Chromatography comes in a variety of forms, including liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, and affinity chromatography, but all of them apply the same fundamental principles. Chromatography offers a wide range of biological and chemical uses. It is frequently utilised in biochemical research for the separation and identification of biologically derived chemical substances. The approach is used in the petroleum sector to examine complicated combinations of hydrocarbons. Chromatography as a separation technique provides a lot of benefits over previous methods such as crystallisation, solvent extraction, and distillation. It is capable of isolating all the components of a multi-component chemical mixture without substantial prior knowledge of the compounds' identities, numbers, or relative quantities. It is adaptable in that it may be used with a wide variety of molecular species ranging in size from viruses consisting of millions of atoms to the tiniest of all molecules—hydrogen—which includes just two; also, it can be employed with big or small quantities of material.
This book is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts in the field of chromatography. It discusses the role of chromatography and separation science in development of new methodology; and present new evolving methods and how to select an optimum method. Highlights the primary variables that practitioners can manipulate, and how those variables influence chromatographic separations. It explores gas chromatography in environmental sciences, marine biogeochemistry, application of pyrolysis-gas chromatography and chromatography of lectins. It also focuses on ion metallic affinity chromatography, advances in analytical methods and continuous chromatography modelling. Most of the topics introduced in this book cover new techniques and applications of chromatography. It unfolds the innovative aspects of the field, which will be crucial for the holistic understanding of the subject matter. Those with an interest in chromatography field would find this book very helpful.
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