PLANT PIGMENTS http members aol comdiasporevhousebiologyprojectsphotosynthesiswoidameaningoflight htmlquestion1 CHROMATOGRAPHY

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CHROMATOGRAPHY USE PENCIL not pen, to mark starting line !!!!!

ADD PLANT PIGMENTS

Image by Riedell PLACE IN JAR IMPORTANT: Make sure tip of paper is touching solvent Make sure pigment line is ABOVE solvent Put lid on jar !!!!

Important Don’t let solvent front run off end of paper ! http: //www. phschool. com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab 4/pigsep. html

Marker Chromatography

Distance pigment migrated Rf = Distance solvent front migrated

PLANT PIGMENTS Carotene is orange yellow Xanthophyll is lemon yellow Chlorophyll a is blue green Chlorophyll b is yellow green.

Factors that affect movement of molecules during chromatography Solubility 1. ______of molecule in solvent used (better it dissolves… farther it will move) SOLVENT used: Chlorophyll: 9: 1 Petroleum ether : acetone Markers: water

Factors that affect movement of molecules during chromatography Size 2. _____of molecule (bigger molecules move slower) http: //elvis. phys. lsu. edu/svoboda/post/figs/Sumo. Wrestler. BMP

Factors that affect movement of molecules during chromatography 3. ____________ used Attraction to media (EX: Attraction of molecules to paper) Lots of different kinds of chromatography http: //courses. cm. utexas. edu/jrobertus/ch 339 k/overheads-1/ch 5_mol-seive. jpg http: //www. cofc. edu/~kinard/Applets/Gas. Chromatograph. FID. gif

Factors that affect movement of molecules during chromatography Time 4. _____allowed to run Longer time = More separation http: //www 1. istockphoto. com/file_thumbview_approve/581259/2/istockphoto_581259_big_time. jpg

CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE