{"id":63874,"date":"2025-09-17T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=63874"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:25:31","slug":"ion-chromatography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ion-chromatography\/","title":{"rendered":"Ion Chromatography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ion Chromatography Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists recently devised a way to perform ion chromatography in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ion Chromatography<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ion chromatography (IC), or <\/span><b>ion exchange chromatography,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a powerful <\/span><b>analytical technique <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">used to<\/span><b> separate and quantify ions in a sample.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>separates charged molecules based on their affinity to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>ion-exchange resin.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ion chromatography techniques of various types enable scientists to<\/span><b> target specific ions or classes of ions, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providing precise and sensitive analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is of<\/span><b> two types: cation exchange and anion exchange.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ion chromatographs are able to <\/span><b>measure concentrations of major anions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as <\/span><b>fluoride, chloride, nitrate, nitrite,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sulfate, as well as <\/span><b>major cations,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>lithium, sodium, ammonium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, <\/span><b>in the parts-per-billion (ppb) range.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Concentrations of organic acids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can also be measured through ion chromatography.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>How Does Ion Chromatography Work?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ion chromatography, a <\/span><b>form of liquid chromatography,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> measures concentrations of ionic species by separating them based on their interaction with a resin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ionic species separate differently<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">depending on species type and size.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sample solutions pass through<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>pressurized chromatographic column<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where <\/span><b>ions are absorbed by column constituents.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an<\/span><b> ion extraction liquid,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as<\/span><b> eluent, runs through the column<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>absorbed ions begin separating <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the column.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> retention time of different species determines the ionic concentrations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the sample.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Ion Chromatography <\/b><b>Applications<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Drinking water analysis for pollution <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and other constituents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Determination of water chemistries in aquatic ecosystems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determination of<\/span><b> sugar and salt content in foods.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Isolation of select proteins.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/148458\/OPS\/GP7ETJAF1.1+GQFETJBFT.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ion chromatography (IC), or ion exchange chromatography, is a powerful analytical technique used to separate and quantify ions in a sample. 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