Micellar chromatography has been used to separate various compounds an
d to determine the partition coefficients of the compounds between aqu
eous bulk solution and a micellar pseudophase. The application of this
method to inorganic analyses is less common than its application to o
rganic analyses, albeit the former application gives fundamental aspec
ts of the micellar partition of simple ions and promises developments
of novel separation. In this review, we focus our attention on the fun
damental aspects of micellar chromatography mostly in inorganic analys
is of simple ions. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.