17.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The word chromatography was used for the first time in 1906 by a Russian botanist, Mikhail Tswett, who described it as a new technique to separate the components of complex mixtures [1, 2].
17.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDThe word chromatography was used for the first time in1906 by a Russian botanist, Mikhail Tswett, who describedit as a new technique to separate the components of complexmixtures [1, 2].