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chromatotrons

chromatotrons is the plural of chromatotron.

Meaning of chromatotron

Noun

chromatotron (plural chromatotrons)

  1. (physical) A device used in radial chromatography in which solvent is added to the center of a covered silica layered plate which spins to drive a sample outward forming sample spots of different compounds as concentric rings.
    • Column chromatography SiO₂, 70–230 and 230–400 mesh and disc chromatography with a chromatotron (2 mm thickness, SiO₂ plate) were adopted.1994 April, G. Saxena, A.R. McCutcheon, S. Farmer, G.H.N. Towers, R.E.W. Hancock, “Antimicrobial constituents of Rhus glabra”, in Journal of Ethnopharmacoiogy, volume 42, number 2, →DOI, page 96

Questions about chromatotrons

What is chromatotrons the plural of?
Chromatotrons is the plural of chromatotron.

Words near chromatotrons in the dictionary

  1. chromatospectrophotometric
  2. chromatosphere
  3. chromatospheres
  4. chromatotic
  5. chromatotron
  6. chromatotrons
  7. chromatotrophin
  8. chromatotrophins
  9. chromatrope
  10. chromatropes
  11. chromaturia

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