Distribution between phases
What Distribution between phases means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Each substance spends a different proportion of time in each phase, and this difference is what causes separation.
Some of a substance is held by the stationary phase while some is carried by the mobile phase.
Topics that use Distribution between phases
- Chromatography (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Chromatography
- Practical measurement and accuracy
- Rate of movement
- Rf values
- Rf values and identification
- Separation of mixtures
- Separation techniques
- Effect of changing conditions
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