A student wanted to determine the color components of a black marker ink and describe the behavior of each one. He performed paper chromatography using a cellulose-based filter paper as the stationary phase and carbon tetrachloride as the mobile phase. Based on the resulting chromatogram, there were four colors separated. He then measured the distance traveled by each component. The table below shows the data that he obtained: Distance Dye Distance Solvent Color Moved Rf value Moved (mm) (mm) Orange 50.0 14.0 Green 50.0 7.0 Red 50.0 23.5 Blue 50.0 35.5

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Calculate the Rf values for each color component and arrange them in terms of decreasing polarity. Explain how did you come up with this sequence.

A student wanted to determine the color components of a black marker ink and describe
the behavior of each one. He performed paper chromatography using a cellulose-based
filter paper as the stationary phase and carbon tetrachloride as the mobile phase. Based
on the resulting chromatogram, there were four colors separated. He then measured the
distance traveled by each component. The table below shows the data that he obtained:
Distance Dye
Distance Solvent
Color
Moved
Rf value
Moved (mm)
(mm)
Orange
50.0
14.0
Green
50.0
7.0
Red
50.0
23.5
Blue
50.0
35.5
Transcribed Image Text:A student wanted to determine the color components of a black marker ink and describe the behavior of each one. He performed paper chromatography using a cellulose-based filter paper as the stationary phase and carbon tetrachloride as the mobile phase. Based on the resulting chromatogram, there were four colors separated. He then measured the distance traveled by each component. The table below shows the data that he obtained: Distance Dye Distance Solvent Color Moved Rf value Moved (mm) (mm) Orange 50.0 14.0 Green 50.0 7.0 Red 50.0 23.5 Blue 50.0 35.5
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