What is chromatography? Mention its applications.

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(N/A) Chromatography is a laboratory technique used for the separation of a mixture into its individual components. It works on the principle that different components of a mixture move at different rates through a stationary phase when carried by a mobile phase.
Applications:
$(a)$ Separation of colours in a dye.
$(b)$ Separation of pigments from natural colours (e.g.,chlorophyll from plant extracts).
$(c)$ Separation of drugs from blood.

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