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 ...

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 ...

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 ...