A fluid which percolates through or along the stationary bed, in a definite direction.
It may be a liquid (
liquid chromatography) or a gas
(
gas chromatography) or a
supercritical fluid
(
supercritical-fluid chromatography). In gas
chromatography the expression
carrier gas may be used for the mobile phase. In
elution chromatography the expression '
eluent' is also used for the mobile phase.
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 819
(Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993))
on page 824
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167
(Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990))
on page 2202
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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