Given below are two statements : Statement (I): In partition chromatography, stationary phase is thin film…

Given below are two statements :
Statement (I): In partition chromatography, stationary phase is thin film of liquid present in the inert support.
Statement (II) : In paper chromatography, the material of paper acts as a stationary phase.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  2. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Solution

Statement $I$ is true.
In partition chromatography, stationary phase is thin liquid film present in the inert support.
Statement II is false.
Because stationary phase in paper chromatography is water.

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