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IN spite of the claims of other systems, paper chromatography remains a major analytical tool of forensic toxicology. One of its minor disadvantages is that, in order to get sufficient material on to the paper to give an identifiable spot, a dilute solution must be applied by the tedious process of ‘spotting’ small aliquots and allowing them to dry between each application. We wish to report a very simple and reliable method in which the solution is allowed to flow continuously on to the paper, producing a spot about 0.5 cm in diameter.
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CLARKE, E., SOWTER, S. Continuous Flow Spotting for Paper Chromatograms. Nature 202, 795 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202795b0
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