Color Separation
The water and alcohol mixture in the glass soaks up through the
paper strips, and carries the different colors in the food
coloring along at different rates. Over a matter of minutes, the
different colors separate out on the paper, because certain colors
travel farther and faster than others.
Using similar chromatography techniques, a chemical analysis
expert can separate out the various components that made up an
explosive.
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