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Paper Chromatography of the Polycyclic Tar Hydrocarbons

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WHATMAN No. 4 filter paper impregnated with 10 per cent paraffin oil, and methanol saturated with paraffin oil (prepared by shaking methanol with paraffin oil in a separating funnel) as the ascending mobile phase, were found suitable for paper chromatography of the polycyclic tar hydrocarbons (for others, see ref. 1).

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MALÝ, E. Paper Chromatography of the Polycyclic Tar Hydrocarbons. Nature 181, 698–699 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181698b0

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