when eluting two compounds of different polarity from a column, using a polar stationary phase, the lower polarity compound has the a. smaller Kc
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Kc is a measure of how a compound partitions between the stationary phase and the mobile phase in chromatography. A smaller Kc value indicates that the compound has a lower affinity for the stationary phase. Show more…
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