Explain why our liquid phase 'looks' like a solid.?

Question

The stationary phase in gas chromatography of organic molecules in normaly classified as a liquid phase. However, if we remove the packing material from one of our GC columns, it would come out of the column looking like very finely divided sand. Why?

ughhh I can't seem to find this anywhere. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

The stationary phase is the liquid that forms on the surface of the glass beads.