Solvent front

TLC plate adsorbents (e.g., silica gel, alumina and so on) usually contain small amounts of substances which migrate with the development solvent along the plate towards the solvent front. Solvents such as methanol cause migration of adsorbent impurities almost completely to the solvent front, whereas non-polar solvents such as -hexane do so to a lesser extent. These impurities adsorbed in the UV region of the spectrum but do not appear to absorb much in the infrared region the impurities also produce a char when the plate was sprayed with sulfuric acid and heated to about 170 °C, indicating that they contain organic matter. 

In dilute solutions, tire dependence of tire diffusion coefficient on tire molecular weight is different from tliat found in melts, eitlier entangled or not. This difference is due to tire presence of hydrodynamic interactions among tire solvent molecules. Such interactions arise from tire necessity to transfer solvent molecules from tire front to tire back of a moving particle. The motion of tire solvent gives rise to a flow field which couples all molecules over a... 

A drop of an aqueous solution of the mixture to be separated is now placed near the bottom of the paper strip and allowed to evaporate in the air. The strip is now again suspended in the closed cylinder, but with the bottom of the strip just immersed in the solvent. The capillary action of the paper will cause the solvent to rise steadily up the strip, and during this process the solvent, which now contains the mixture in solution, is continuously extracted by the retained water molecules in the paper. A highly hydrophobic (water-repellent) solute will move up closely behind the solvent-front, whereas a highly hydrophilic solute will barely leave the original point where the drop of the mixed solutes in solution has been dried. In an intermediate case,... 

When the ascending solvent-front has reached a convenient height, the strip is removed, the position of the solvent-front marked, and the paper strip dried. The positions of the various solutes, if they are coloured compounds, now appear as clear separate spots. Frequently however, the solutes are colourless, and the position of their spots must be determined by indirect methods, such as their fluorescence in ultraviolet light, or their absorption in such light (when the spots appear almost black), or by spraying the paper with a dilute solution of a reagent which will give a coloured insoluble derivative with the solutes. 

Distance moved by centre of solute zone Distance moved by solvent front. 

Next day, hang the paper from the edge of the fume-cupboard window in the full draught of the fan to dry, and immediately mark the position of the solvent front. 

The plate is removed from the tank, the position of the solvent front marked, and the solvent allowed to evaporate from the plate. If the components of the mixture are coloured, the separation is obvious if colourless, they must be located either by viewing under U.. or by standing the plate in a closed dry tank containing crystals of iodine, whose vapour makes brown spots show i p. 

In many applications in mass spectrometry (MS), the sample to be analyzed is present as a solution in a solvent, such as methanol or acetonitrile, or an aqueous one, as with body fluids. The solution may be an effluent from a liquid chromatography (LC) column. In any case, a solution flows into the front end of a mass spectrometer, but before it can provide a mass spectrum, the bulk of the solvent must be removed without losing the sample (solute). If the solvent is not removed, then its vaporization as it enters the ion source would produce a large increase in pressure and stop the spectrometer from working. At the same time that the solvent is removed, the dissolved sample must be retained so that its mass spectrum can be measured. There are several means of effecting this differentiation between carrier solvent and the solute of interest, and thermospray is just one of them. Plasmaspray is a variant of thermospray in which the basic method of solvent removal is the same, but the number of ions obtained is enhanced (see below). 

Carbonless Copy Paper. In carbonless copy paper, also referred to as pressure-sensitive record sheet, an acid-sensitive dye precursor, such as crystal violet lactone or /V-hen2oy11eucomethy1ene blue, is microencapsulated with a high boiling solvent or oil within a cross-linked gelatin (76,83,84) or in synthetic mononuclear microcapsules. Microcapsules that have a starch binder are coated onto the back of the top sheet. This is referred to as a coated-back (CB) sheet. The sheet intended to receive the image is treated on the front (coated-front (CF)) with an acid. When the top sheet is mechanically impacted, the dye capsules mpture and the dye solution is transferred to the receiving sheet where the acid developer activates the dye. 

Numerous modifications to the above process are possible and many variations have been suggested. Inert solvents other than methanol can be used however, low molecular weight alcohols are usually considered preferable. Part of the reaction product can be recycled back to the front of the process to reduce the amount of solvent requited and to eliminate problems associated with DNT soHdification. A 76 24 mixture of DNT I DA has been found to exhibit a minimum free2ing point of 26°C, as compared to 50°C for pure DNT (46,47). The temperature at which the reaction is carried out can also be varied. Higher temperatures not only reduce the reaction time needed, but also result in less residue being formed (46). A temperature of 115 to 130°C is considered ideal, whereas temperatures above 170 °C are considered unsafe. 

Liade AG offers the Clintox process for sulfur dioxide removal. This process uses a physical solvent to absorb the sulfur dioxide. A concentrated sulfur dioxide stream is produced by regeneration. The Clintox process can be iategrated with the Claus process by recovering sulfur dioxide from the iaciaerated tail gases and recycling the sulfur dioxide to the front of the Claus unit. 

An easy, rapid and environmentally friendly methodology was developed for the extraetion of pyrethroid inseetieide residues from semi permeable membrane deviees (SPMD), based in a mierowave-assisted extraetion, in front of a dialysis method nowadays widely employed. Several solvent sueh as hexane, toluene, aeetonitrile, eyelohexane and ethyl aeetate were tested as mierowave-assisted extraetion solvent. Mixtures of hexane and toluene with aeetone were also assayed and provide better results than single solvents. 

Alumina was purchased from Macherey, Nagel and Co., Diiren (FRG). The checkers employed 650 g of neutral alumina (Fisher, adsorption grade, 80-200 mesh) packed in a 40-cm high column. Yellow impurities remained on the column, while the blue azulene came off with the hexane solvent front. 

Distance Determind by the Concntration of Component (A) Distance Determind by the Concntration of Component (B) Distance Determind by Migration of Solvent Front (A)... 

Distance Solvent Front Travelled Along the Plate... 

This is an oversimplified treatment of the concentration effect that can occur on a thin layer plate when using mixed solvents. Nevertheless, despite the complex nature of the surface that is considered, the treatment is sufficiently representative to disclose that a concentration effect does, indeed, take place. The concentration effect arises from the frontal analysis of the mobile phase which not only provides unique and complex modes of solute interaction and, thus, enhanced selectivity, but also causes the solutes to be concentrated as they pass along the TLC plate. This concentration process will oppose the dilution that results from band dispersion and thus, provides greater sensitivity to the spots close to the solvent front. This concealed concentration process, often not recognized, is another property of TLC development that helps make it so practical and generally useful and often provides unexpected sensitivities. 

TLC measurements used for the identification of unknown solutes depends on two basic pai ameters. Firstly, the distance traveled by the solvent front, measured from the sampling point or sampling boundary, and secondly, on the distance traveled by the spot from the sampling point or sampling boundary. These are the sole... 

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The primary parameter used in TLC is the (Rf) factor which is a simple ratio of the distance traveled by the solute to the distance traveled by the solvent front. The (Rf)... 

Before studying alternative types of equipment, we need to understand the critical process requirements. Is a solvent necessary Must products or by-products be removed to complete the reaction What mixing and/or time requirements are necessary Once again, early work up front is needed before alternate reaction schemes can be evaluated. 

Such indicators do not migrate during chromatography to the solvent front under the influence of either polar or nonpolar organic solvents (uranyl acetate is an exception). 

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