--- title: "Paper chromatography of inks Template | MolDraw" url: https://www.moldraw.com/templates/setup-paper-chromatography/ description: "Paper chromatography of inks template: A strip of chromatography paper hung from a rod across a beaker, its pencil baseline of ink spots above a shallow…" lang: en publisher: Scidart Academy generated: 2026-10-28 --- [MolDraw](https://www.moldraw.com/) › [Templates](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/) › [Reaction setups](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/reaction-setups/) › Paper chromatography of inks [Reaction setups](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/reaction-setups/)Premium # Paper chromatography of inks template ![Paper chromatography of inks template: A strip of chromatography paper hung from a rod across a beaker, its pencil baseline of ink spots above a shallow layer of solvent. GCSE / high school (CBSE, NGSS, IB).](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/setup-paper-chromatography.webp) [Edit in MolDraw](https://www.moldraw.com/)Download with Pro Premium template. Preview and edit it free in MolDraw; downloading and exporting it is part of [MolDraw Pro](https://www.moldraw.com/pricing). A strip of chromatography paper hung from a rod across a beaker, its pencil baseline of ink spots above a shallow layer of solvent. GCSE / high school (CBSE, NGSS, IB). ## What the template shows - Separate the dyes in inks or food colourings and identify them by Rf value - Rod across the beaker - Paper folded over it or held with a clip, hanging straight and not touching the glass - Rf = distance moved by the spot ÷ distance moved by the solvent, both from the baseline; always less than 1 - Pencil baseline - About 1.5 cm from the bottom, with small, concentrated spots of each ink. Pencil does not dissolve in the solvent - Solvent front - Take the paper out before the solvent reaches the top and mark the front in pencil at once - Separated dyes - A pure dye gives one spot; a mixture gives several. Compare with spots of known dyes run on the same paper - Water (or ethanol for permanent inks), below the baseline so the spots do not dissolve into it. Cover the beaker to keep the air saturated - Reaction setup Drawn with 11 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw. ## Sources - [Furniss et al., Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th ed., Longman 1989](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780582462366) Textbook - [Zubrick, The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual, 10th ed., Wiley 2016](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781118875780) Textbook ## How to use this template 1. Press **Edit in MolDraw**. The template opens on the canvas of the free MolDraw editor. 2. 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