As the solvent soaks up the paper, it carries the mixtures with it. Different components of the mixture will move at different rates. This separates the mixture out.

Other amino-acids normally occurring in protein hydrolysates do not show at the concentrations encountered in paper chromatography.

There are several ways that you could investigate the composition of inks. This is an outline of the required steps to undertake one of these methods. It is important in this practical activity to ...

Chemists use the process of chromatography to separate and analyze the different parts of a mixture. Different methods of chromatography use different materials (besides paper) to separate mixtures.