As the solvent soaks up the paper, it carries the mixtures with it. Different components of the mixture will move at different rates. This separates the mixture out.

concerning the factors causing loss in the quantitative estimation of amino-acids by paper chromatography. Since our experiments have been carried out under somewhat different conditions from ...

A pencil line is drawn, and spots of ink or plant dye are placed on it. There is a container of solvent, such as water or ethanol. A pure substance will only produce one spot on the chromatogram ...