Chemistry Questions: seperation of a mixture by paper chromatography?

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Chemistry Questions: seperation of a mixture by paper chromatography
After you have done the things down below
To assemble and operate a paper chromatography apparatus.
To study the meaning and significance of Rf values.
To test various food colorings and to calculate their Rf values.
To comparer measured Rf values with standard Rf values.
To separate mixtures of food colorings into their components.



***what can be identified the components of mixture s by means of their Rf values? Rf= d1/d2?

I am stuck on the last qustion please help me with three to four sentences please this is urgent thank you for your cooperation

Answer 1

Size of the component molecule will limit how far it can travel.