Column Chromatography Lab 1. What would happen if diethyl ether were put in the column first instead...

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Column Chromatography Lab

1. What would happen if diethyl ether were put in the columnfirst instead of petroleum ether?

2. The recrystallization lab required you to purify naphthalenewhich contained a small portion of fluorenone. Could you use columnchromatography to purify the same mixture? Would the selection ofsolvents be different from those used in this lab?

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1 The separation of mixtures through cholumn chromatography highly depends upon the polarity of solvents mobile phase It is advised first to start with nonpolar or less polar    See Answer
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