https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05353
Ratio of the distance travelled by the centre of the spot to the distance simultaneously travelled by the mobile phase: By definition the values are always less than unity. They are usually given to two decimal places. In order to simplify this presentation the values may be used: they correspond to the values multiplied by 100. Ideally, values are identical to the values used in
column chromatography
.