Chromatography Lab
Chromatography Lab
Chromatography Lab
IV. Materials:
1. Laboratory Gown & gloves 7. Laboratory Journal
2. Mayana Leaves & Dahon Kamote (plenty) 8. Scissor
3. 250 mL beaker 9. Dropper (suspension medicine)
4. Acetone (nail-polish remover) 10. Broomstick / big paper clip(1pc)
5. Pencil (sharpened) 11. Adhesive tape (masking tape)
6. Ruler 12. Mortar and pestle
13. Rugs (cleaning materials)
14. Hand towel
V. Procedure:
1. Use mortar and pestle to grind up roughly equal samples of each of the different plant leaves.
Label beaker for each type of plant.
2. Extract leaves purely without putting any liquids in ut.
3. Cut each chromatography paper in half (length-wise) to make approximately 2 centimeters (cm)
wide by 7.5 cm long strips. You will need 2 chromatography strips.
4. Use a pencil to lightly label which leaf extract will be spotted on each paper strip.
Tip: do not use a pen for writing on the strips: the ink will run when the solvent passes through the
strips.
5. Draw a pencil line 1 cm from the edge of each strip of paper to be the origin of the baseline
6. Take a dropper and fill it with one of the plant leaf extracts.
7. Spot the sample in the middle of the origin line. Let the sample air dry. Then apply another layer of
the sample on the same spot. Ideally, you want to repeat this step 5–10 times to increase the
concentration of your sample on the paper strip.
8. Repeat step 7 with the other plant leaf extracts you want to test. Use a new paper strip for each
one.
9. Fill the test tube to a depth of 1 cm with the acetone (nail-polish remover).
10. Clip two of the prepared chromatography strips to a broomstick. Make sure the two strips do not
touch each other or the test tube and that their bottoms are aligned. Rest the broomstick on top of
the beaker so that the strips hang straight into the test tube.
11. If necessary, add more of the acetone. The goal is to have the end of the chromatography strip
just touching the surface of the solvent.
(Write in the Laboratory Journal)
Paper Chromatography
III. Conclusions
IV. Recommendations