Identify the technique which is used to separate leaf pigments like chlorophylls, xanthophylls, carotenes.

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X-ray diffraction

Radiography

Electrophoresis

Paper chromatography

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Paper chromatography is used to separate the leaf pigments of any green plant. A chromatographic separation of the leaf pigments shows that the colour that we see in leaves is not due to a single pigment but due to four pigments: Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, xanthophylls and carotenes.

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