Who invented paper chromatography?
Robert Boyle
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Richard Willstätter
Answer
Paper chromatography, a technique for separating mixtures of substances, was devised by German chemist Richard Willstätter in 1911. It involves placing a sample of the mixture onto a sheet of absorbent paper, which is then soaked in a solvent. The solvent carries the substances up the paper at different rates, allowing them to be separated and identified.
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