Most industrial chemists spend their days separating the components of large quantities of chemical mixtures into pure or purer forms. The processes involved, such as distillation, account for 10–15% ...

Watch this video to understand how paper chromatography can separate a mixtures of soluble substances. they produce the same number of spots, and these match in colour the spots travel the same ...

Vegetable oils derived from soybeans, canola, and other seed crops are already widely used for cooking, to make biodiesel fuel, and as solvents for inks and paints. Chemists could do much more with ...

A solid sorbent that selectively binds hydrocarbons may help the petrochemical industry reduce costs and energy consumption by increasing the efficiency of—or eliminating—energy-intensive separation ...