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Why is it significantly important to make sure your spotted analytes are above the level of the eluents when developing a TLC plate?
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In Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), the stationary phase is a glass plate on which an adsorbent material (for example silica gel, alumina) is applied, the analyte is spotted on the plate on the origin line and the plate is dipped in the mobile phase (the solvent front also called eluent) slightly below the origin line.

The spotted analytes have to be placed above the level of the eluents (mobile phase i.e. solvent front) when developing a TLC plate so that the spotted analyte doesn't get washed away in the eluent before even rising up the TLC plate.

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