Thirty-Five Years of Thin-Layer Chromatography in the Analysis of Inorganic Anions

Abstract

An exhaustive review focusing on types of stationary phases, mobile phases, detection reagents and techniques involved in the identification, separation, and determination of inorganic anions in various samples is presented. Results on thin-layer chromatographic studies of anions covering the period 1959 to December 1994 have been collected from all available sources such as research papers, review articles, Analytical Abstracts, Current Contents, and Chemical Abstracts. Care has been taken to provide as much information as possible in a condensed form without omissions. This is the first review to provide all necessary information in respect of TLC separation of inorganic anions. A necessity is felt for developing forced flow planar chromatographic techniques for the analysis of anionic species.