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Spinach Lab Report
In this lab, we extracted spinach pigments, and analyzed what colors of light these pigments absorb. By using TLC plate, hexane and acetone, I separated the pigments of spinach, and discovered that the main pigments were green and yellow. This works because with different polarities, pigments move at different rates. Hexane and acetone were also used to separate chlorophyll and carotene from spinach. Since they are polar, they can separate organic and inorganic things.
From the experiment, I know that the pigments of spinach are mainly chlorophyll (green) and carotene (yellow). At first, I thought that they absorb the color which they present to us (the color we see of them). For example, I thought chlorophyll absorbs green light because
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