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Which of the following is the criteria to use chromatography for separating components of a mixture?

  1. This method used to separate a mixture comprising of solutes that dissolve in the same solvent.

  2. This method is used for the separation of a mixture containing two miscible liquids that boil without decomposing and have a large difference between their boiling points.

  3. Two immiscible liquids are separated by this method.

  4. In case the difference in the boiling points of the liquids is less than 25 kelvin temperature, we use the chromatography method.

  5. This method is used as a separation and purification method that involves the precipitating of solid crystals from its saturated solution on cooling.
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This is the correct answer. Chromatography is a method used to separate a mixture comprising of solutes that dissolve in the same solvent. Chromatography is used for separating colours in a dye, pigments from natural colours and drugs from blood.

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