JEE Main 2024 Chemistry question

The correct statements among the following, for a "chromatography" purification method is:

(A)Organic compounds run faster than solvent in the thin layer chromatographic plate.
(B)Non-polar compounds are retained at top and polar compounds come down in column chromatography.
(C) of a polar compound is smaller than that of a non-polar compound.Correct
(D) is an integral value.

Answer: (C)

Solution

Polar compounds are adsorbed more strongly and travel less, so their is smaller; is a fraction ≤ 1.

Question ID VK-012101