THE application of paper chromatography to the qualitative separation of phenols and phenolic derivatives has been reported by a number of workers 1. The methods described employ the one ...

This is particularly true of paper chromatography in which more attention is given to controlling temperature as an aid to reproducibility than to using temperature to effect improved resolution.

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.

This is when the molecules are on the chromatography paper, which is a solid.And the mobile phase, when the molecules can move. This is when the molecules are in the solvent, in this case water ...

Chemists use the process of chromatography to separate and analyze the different parts of a mixture. Different methods of chromatography use different materials (besides paper) to separate mixtures.