Thin-layer chromatography of a number of metals on cellulose phosphate in phosphoric acid media

Summary The thin-layer chromatographic behavior of 48 metals on cellulose phosphate (P-cellulose), an interediately acidic cation exchanger, has been examined systematically in aqueous phosphoric acid media (0.01–2 M). Differences in the R_f values among the metals in 1 M phosphoric acid are large enough to permit multicomponent separations of analytical interest.