Chromatography in which separation is based mainly on differences in the ion-exchange affinities
of the sample components. Present
day ion-exchange
chromatography on small particle high efficiency columns and usually utilizing conductometric or
spectroscopic detectors is often referred to as ion
chromatography
(
IC).
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 819
(Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993))
on page 826