chromatography is a feasible method to separate the bucket of mixed paint.

Advantages:

* can separate very complex mixtures
o drugs, plastics, flavorings, foods, pesticides, tissue extracts, fuels, air samples, water samples, ...
* very small sample sizes
* separated components can be collected individually
* analyses can be highly accurate and precise


Disadvantages:

The disadvantage of chromatography is that since the method is very sensitive, improper setup or contamination, even in nanograms, will give different results.

Types of chromatography:

Column chromatography
Planar chromatography
Paper chromatography
Thin layer chromatography
Gas chromatography
Liquid chromatography
Ion exchange chromatography
Reversed-phase chromatography

Paper chromatography:


Column chromatography:


Paper chromatography:


By: Zhenghan