An
elution procedure used in liquid
chromatography in which the mobile phase is significantly more polar then the stationary phase,
e.g. a microporous silica-based material with chemically bonded alkyl chains. The
term '
reverse phase' is an incorrect expression to be avoided.
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 819
(Nomenclature for chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1993))
on page 826