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Andrzej Przyjazny
Kettering University, Flint, MI
Graduate School
Gdańsk University of Technology
Fall 2006
Lecture Outline
• A brief history
• Classification of chromatographic methods
• Theory of chromatography
• Efficiency of separation
• Gas chromatography
• Evaluation and optimization of separations
Lecture Outline (cont.)
• Two-dimensional chromatography
• High-speed gas chromatography
• Developing separation in HPLC
• Computer-assisted method development
• Ultra-high pressure HPLC
• Monolithic columns
• Molecularly imprinted polymer columns
IUPAC Definition:
Chromatography is a physical method of
separation in which the components to be
separated are distributed between two
phases, one of which is stationary while the
other moves in a definite direction.
A Brief History…
Chronology
• column chromatography
• paper chromatography
• gas-liquid chromatography
• thin layer chromatography (TLC)
• high-pressure liquid chromatography
(HPLC)
First Attempts:
Friedlieb Runge (1794-1867)