Sunday 22 June 2014

Some Uses of chromatography in Industries

Let us see some of the Uses of Chromatography in Different industries. There are different types of chromatographic methods which are used to separate  and identify the components present in a mixture. Chromatography methods such High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Thin layer chromatography, Paper Chromatography, Liquid chromatography, Solid Chromatography and Gas chromatography. The list of the uses of chromatography are as follows:

Some of the uses of chromatography in different industries are:-

  1. Chromatography is used in pharmaceutical industries to identify and separate drug products at various stages.
  2. Chromatography is used in food industry to identify additives present in the food product.
  3. In petroleum and petrochemical industries chromatography is also used.
  4. Chromatography is used to identify fats, oils, vitamins, steroids and alkaloids.
  5. Chromatography is used to identify pesticides and fungicides.
  6. It can also be used in cosmetic industry.
  7. Chromatography is used to identify radioactive isotopes.
  8. Chromatography is used to identify toxins present in environment.
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