What is the significance of rf values?

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Nam D.
May 22, 2018

Well, this is for chromatography...

Explanation:

When we perform basic paper chromatography on substances, we can see what the substances are composed of, and each substance will travel up to only a certain distance on the paper. This is known as its #"Rf"# value, and is given by:

#"Rf"="distance traveled by solute"/"distance traveled by solvent"#

From here, we can know if a substance contains drugs or illegal substances, and this is very useful when we are checking participants in a competition for steroid and doping usage.

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