what is chromatography
Chromatography (/ËkroÊmÉËtÉÉ¡rÉfi/ ; from Greek ÏÏá¿¶Î¼Î± chroma which means color and Î³ÏÎ¬ÏÎµÎ¹Î½ graphein to write) is the collective term for a set of laboratory techniques for the separation of mixtures.he purpose of preparative chromatography is to separate the components of a mixture for more advanced use (and is thus a form of purification). Analytical chromatography is done normally with smaller amounts of material and is for measuring the relative proportions of analytes in a mixture.