Term: planar chromatography
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Definition:
A separation technique in which the stationary phase is present as or on a plane. The plane can be a paper, serving as such or impregnated by a substrate as the stationary bed (paper chromatography, PC) or a layer of solid particles spread on a support e.g. a glass plate (thin layer chromatography, TLC). Sometimes planar chromatography is also termed open-bed chromatography.

Related Terms:
1) chromatography (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01075).

Source: PAC, 1993, 65, 819. 'Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 825 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365040819)

Citation: 'planar chromatography' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04682

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