Original Articles: 2012 Vol: 4 Issue: 1
Rapid Separation of Some Toxic Heavy Metal ions by Thin Layer Chromatography
Abstract
Thin layer chromatographic method has been developed for the separation of metal ions such as Cr (vi), Cr (iii), As (iii), Cd (ii), Tl (iii) and Hg (ii) from their two three and four component mixtures. The separations were performed on thin layer of silica gel ‘G’ using Glycine as mobile phase. The effect of concentration and pH of mobile phase on the Rf values of individual metal ions were studied and the optimum conditions for separation of metal ions from their mixture were determined.