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What Information You Get From The Retardation Factor Value?

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Retardation factor Rf is a measure of the separation of a particular COMPONENT. It is expressed as

Rf = distance MOVED by the component spot/ distance moved by solvent front

Rf is a unit LESS quantity and lies between 0and 1.A value of 0 indicates no separation has taken place and 1 represents that the component has moved ENTIRE length alongwith the solvent front. In CASE two spots have same value of Rf it indicates that they are not resolved. At least a difference of 0.05 is necessary to discern the separation between two spots.

Retardation factor Rf is a measure of the separation of a particular component. It is expressed as

Rf = distance moved by the component spot/ distance moved by solvent front

Rf is a unit less quantity and lies between 0and 1.A value of 0 indicates no separation has taken place and 1 represents that the component has moved entire length alongwith the solvent front. In case two spots have same value of Rf it indicates that they are not resolved. At least a difference of 0.05 is necessary to discern the separation between two spots.



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