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Quantitative Paper Chromatography

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Fisher, Parsons and Morrison1 have shown experimentally that a linear relation holds between the area of the spot of test substance and the logarithm of the concentration at which it is originally applied. A theoretical derivation can now be given.

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  1. Fisher, R. B., Parsons, D. S., and Morrison, G. A., Nature, 161, 764 (1948).

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  2. Carslaw, M. S., and Jaeger, J. C., "Conduction of Heat in Solids", 220 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1947).

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BRIMLEY, R. Quantitative Paper Chromatography. Nature 163, 215–216 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163215b0

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