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Kniffelix

Digital interaktiv experimentieren

  • Our quest at a glance
    • Beginner Quests
      • Pizza
      • Soil
      • Airplane
      • Ketchup
      • Helicopter
      • Wing
    • Advanced Quests
      • Chromatography
      • Smoothie
      • Enzyme and Sustainable Production
      • Aerogel
      • Color Quest
      • Productive biofilms
      • Mushroom
      • Whey
      • Whey and Mycelium – New Foods from Leftovers
  • Training and Study Orientation
    • What is my STEM path?
    • Insights into studies and training
    • Insight into Research + Profession
    • External links for career orientation
  • For Educators
    • Mapping of the Kniffelix Quests to the Hamburg educational plans
    • Quest accompanying materials
    • Experiment Kit Rental
  • News
  • About Kniffelix
    • What is Kniffelix?
    • Who is behind Kniffelix?
    • Children’s Researchers at TUHH
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Contact
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Excursion: Performing a Thin-Layer Chromatography Experiment

As part of the project, a thin-layer chromatography experiment was carried out during a company visit to MERCK in Hamburg.

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Felix sits at the laptop

Task:

Why do you think the blue substance did not migrate?

Why are all three substances only visible under UV light?

Find out and feel free to share your results with others in the community.

Good luck!

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Chromatography-Quest

  • Quest Overview
  • Intro
    • Blog task: Chromatography in everyday life
    • I: What is chromatography?
      • Blog Task: Comparison of Riverbed and Chromatography
    • II: Material mixtures
      • Blog Task: Separation Methods
    • III: Types of Chromatography
  • 1: Paper chromatography
    • Blog Task: Investigating Black Felt-Tip Pens
    • 1a: Colors in a black felt-tip pen
      • Blog Task: Interactive Video
    • 1b: Paper chromatography of colorful felt-tip pen inks (Part 1)
      • Blog Task: Paper Chromatography of Colorful Felt-Tip Pen Colors
      • Blog Task: Chromatography Memory
    • 1c: Paper chromatography of colored felt-tip pen inks (Part 2)
      • Blog Task: Separation of Colorful Felt-Tip Pen Colors
  • 2: Chalk chromatography
    • Blog task on chalk chromatography: Results of your experiment
    • 2a: Chalk Chromatography Evaluation
    • Blog task on chalk chromatography: Match image pairs
  • 3: Chromatography of Leaf Pigments
    • Blog task on leaf pigment chromatography
    • 3a: Leaf pigments
      • Blog task: Jumbled letters
  • 4: From Chromatography to HPLC
    • Blog task on HPLC film
    • 4a: How an HPLC system works
      • Blog Task: HPLC Crossword Puzzle
  • Excursion: Performing a Thin-Layer Chromatography Experiment
    • Blog task: Thin-layer chromatography
  • Excursion: Separating substances with a nail board?
  • Excursion: Application areas of chromatography
  • Excursion: Corona Antigen Tests
    • Blog task: Trying out Corona tests with other liquids
  • Excursion: Study Orientation in the Field of Chromatography
  • Links to further chromatography topics
  • Procedure in the Kniffelix Quest for Chromatography

Sponsored by:

Merck
  • Our quest at a glance
    • Beginner Quests
      • Pizza
      • Soil
      • Airplane
      • Ketchup
      • Helicopter
      • Wing
    • Advanced Quests
      • Chromatography
      • Smoothie
      • Enzyme and Sustainable Production
      • Aerogel
      • Color Quest
      • Productive biofilms
      • Mushroom
      • Whey
      • Whey and Mycelium – New Foods from Leftovers
  • Training and Study Orientation
    • What is my STEM path?
    • Insights into studies and training
    • Insight into Research + Profession
    • External links for career orientation
  • For Educators
    • Mapping of the Kniffelix Quests to the Hamburg educational plans
    • Quest accompanying materials
    • Experiment Kit Rental
  • News
  • About Kniffelix
    • What is Kniffelix?
    • Who is behind Kniffelix?
    • Children’s Researchers at TUHH
    • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Contact
  • EN
    • EN
    • DE

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