Question 5 Which statement about the retention factor of a

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Question 5 Which statement about the retention factor of a component in a mixture is not correct O The retention factor increases if the partition constant of the component increases O The retention factor is the ratio of the time a component spends in the mobile phase relative to the time it spends in the stationary phase The retention factor should ideally be between 1 and 5 The retention factor gives an indication of how well the component will be resolved from other components in the mixture All these statements are correct Figure 5