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Project Question: What is the effect of the temperature of the solvent on Rf value in paper chromatography
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Chromatography

Post by EyeAmLoz »

Can anyone tell me if the temperature of the solvent used in chromatography will affect the Rf value?
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oh, if you have a source such as a previous experiemnt that would be amazing. :)
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Re: Chromatography

Post by deleted-71712 »

This page lists some factors that influence Rf values, and temperature is among them:

http://orgchem.colorado.edu/hndbksupport/TLC/TLCrf.html

I put "solvent temperature retention factor" into a search engine, and many of the results were studies of the effect of temperature on Rf in various specific systems. If you want to search specifically for scientific papers, here is some useful advice:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... pers.shtml

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