•Ion Chromatography
(Ion Exchange)
•Historically was
developed for the
•Manhattan Project
(atomic bomb)
•Generally not
automated because of the lack of good detectors until it was
reinvented in 1970’s at Dow Chemical using conductivity detection
& chemical suppression
•Stationary phases are resin beads of styrene-divinylbenzene
functionalized with cationic & anionic groups developed for water
purification in 1930’s