Circular chromatography

Introduction

  CHROMATO = colour; of or in colours

  GRAPHY = "writing" or a "field of study"

Methods

This is the recommended protocol from the page of BIO-DYNAMIC ASSOCIATION OF INDIA

Materials

Chemicals

• 0.5% solution of silver nitrate (you can find in photography suppliers)
• 0.1 to 1% solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH, otherwise known as lye or caustic soda - be careful, because it can burn)

Other materials

• paper (Whatman, or any acid-free thick paper)
• reservoir
• wick (medical cotton, and rolled it into a wick)
• light for development - sunlight is fine unless controlled exposure is wanted

Step by Step

DAY1

Extraction

Just like taking a crushed piece of garlic, and putting it into water or oil, brings out different flavors in the water and oil, we decided to see what will be extracted from the soil samples when using 2 different solutions.

• 0.2% NaOH in water
• isopropyl alcohol

We took one spoon scoop of soil/mud into petridish to mix and extract with NaOH.
The same scoop of soil/mud into a tube to extract with isoproypl alcohol (it evaporates faster).

Here, it may be best to put both in a closeable container, so we can mix and shake the samples.
We left the samples overnight at room temperature.

DAY2

Exposure to see the different bands

The steps from Biodynamics India

1. A circular filter paper (Whatman #1) with a cylindrical paper wick sitting in a 0.5% solution of silver nitrate is allowed to absorb the solution, which spreads by capillary action, to a certain diameter.
2. The wick is removed and the paper is dried.
3. Meanwhile, the substance to be tested is mixed with a 0.1 to 1% solution of sodium hydroxide and let stand for a period of time.
4. The prepared filter paper is then allowed to absorb this solution and the substance spreads over the paper.
5. When it has spread to a certain distance, the wick is removed and the paper dried. The paper is then exposed to indirect sunlight to let the image develop.

Which method to use

• Bio Crystallisation, copper chloride crystallisation, proteins
• Capillary Dynamolysis, vertical filters, ‘rising pictures’, sugars/ bitter materials
• Bio Chromatography, horizontal circular images, minerals, sugars/ bitter materials

1. Description of methods
2. Choosing appropriate methods

Resources/Links

1. Chromatograpy of wine
2. Capillary Dynamolysis
3. Scandenavian Biodynamics Research
4. Academic paper on Capillary Dynamolysis Image Discrimination Using Neural Networks
5. Summary of Kolisko's book
6. History of Science Group of the Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain