Is chromatography paper nonpolarSolutionchromatography paper

Is chromatography paper non-polar?

Solution

chromatography paper per say is not polar but it absorbs polar solvent water .... Non-polar molecules in the mixture that we are trying to separate will not be attracted to water molecules attached to the cellulose, so they will mostly remain dissolved in the moving solvent. Hence, non polar Molecules like this will thus travel a long way up in the paper as they are carried by the solvent along .