“…The fractionation and purification of anthracene by Chromatographie adsorption has been described by Winterstein, Schön and Vetter (1934a), Rosahl (1953) and Sangster and Irvine (1956). The last-named used an adsorption column with silica-gel in the upper half and activated alumina in the lower half, with olefine-free n-pentane as the solvent.…”