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INVESTIGATORY
PROJECT
ON
CHALK
CHROMATOGRAPHY
NAME: ASHNA
CLASS:
XII
SECTION: ‘C’
ROLL NO.: 1
CERTIFICATE
INDEX
Certificate
Aim
Introduction
Theory
Apparatus and Material required
Procedure followed
Observations
Uses of Chromatography
Precaution
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INTRODUCTION
Chromatography is a laboratory technique for the
separation of a mixture. The mixture is dissolved in a
fluid called the mobile phase, which carries it through a
structure holding another material called the stationary
phase. The various constituents of the mixture travel at
different speeds, causing them to separate. The
separation is based on differential partitioning between
the mobile and stationary phases. Subtle differences in a
compound's partition coefficient result in differential
retention on the stationary phase and thus changing the
separation.
Theory
In Chalk Chromatography, there is a stationary phase which is
the dusty Chalk and the mobile phase which is a liquid solvent
(or mixture of solvents) used to carry the sample solutes under
analysis along the chalk. Usually, one uses chromatography to
find out the components of a sample which are separated
depending how much soluble these are in particular solvents
and hence how far they travel along the chalk.
In order to make the technique more scientific rather than a
mere interpretation by sight, the Retention Value (Rf value for
short) was applied in chromatography. A particular compound
will travel the same distance along the stationary phase by a
specific solvent (or solvent mixture) given that other
experimental conditions are kept constant.
The Rf value is defined as the ratio of the distance moved by
the solute (i.e. the dye or pigment under test) and the distance
moved by the solvent (known as the Solvent front) along the
chalk, where both distances are measured from the common
Origin or Application Baseline, that is the point where the
sample is initially spotted on the paper.
Rf Value = Distance from Baseline travelled by Solute
Distance from Baseline travelled by Solvent
REQUIRED
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Beaker
Water
Three Chalks
Ruler
Pencil
PROCEDURE FOLLOWED
1. Take a chalk of approximately 7 cm.
2. Draw a horizontal line from pencil at distance of 1 cm from the base
of the chalk. Mark a point with pencil on the line drawn.
3. Spot the color ink directly with a sketch pen at the point marked
before. Care should be taken that the spot is small in size. Repeated
spotting may be done to enrich the spot, to increase the
concentration of component.
4. Take a clean beaker and fill it with 1-2 ml of water. There should be
no droplets sticking inside the walls of beaker.
5. Insert the chalk carefully in the beaker so that only the spot on the
chalk remains above the solvent (water).
6. Keep the beaker in a safe place and leave it undisturbed.
7. Notice the rise of the solvent and the components in the upward
direction.
8. After sometime, the spot will separate into different colors and the
solvent moves ahead of the colors.
9. Remove the chalk from the beaker, Dry the chalk and mark the
levels of the solvent and color spots from the horizontal line drawn
before.
10. Record the observation in the tabular form.
11. Calculate the Rf value for various components.
OBSERVATIONS