22 YEARS REPORT ON THE THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF INORGANIC MIXTURES - OBSERVATIONS AND FUTURE-PROSPECTS

This review encapsulates data published during 1973-1994 on the thin l ayer chromatography (TLC) of inorganic species, It presents the types of stationary phase, mobile phase, and technique involved in the separ ation, identification, anti determination of inorganic substances pres ent either singly or as components of closely related mixtures in a va riety of matrices, Examples of the use of inorganic TLC or HPTLC for a nalysis of a wide range of synthetic and natural environmental, geolog ical, biological, textile, and pharmaceutical samples are described, I n most cases TLC in combination with other sophisticated analytical te chniques is used for quantitative analysis, More application-oriented work with hyphenation of TLC or HPTLC and other developing techniques is expected in the near future.