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Apparatus for Dynamic Thin-layer Chromatography

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AN apparatus has been constructed which makes it possible to observe the migration on thin-layer chromatograms of fluorescent compounds and compounds which have a quenching effect on an adsorbent material prepared with a fluorescent indicator. This apparatus, shown in Fig. 1, has been called the Eureka tank, and consists of a moulded glass tank with a lid measuring 23 × 23 × 7.5 cm.

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KAY, H. Apparatus for Dynamic Thin-layer Chromatography. Nature 209, 1237–1238 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091237a0

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