Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Chromatography

Chromatography — practice question

A student carried out chromatography to investigate a green food colouring. The chromatogram produced is shown. The table gives some yellow food dyes and their $R_f$ values. Which yellow food dye is present in the green food colouring?

  • AQuinoline Yellow, $R_f = 0.48$
  • BSunset Yellow, $R_f = 0.32$
  • CTartrazine, $R_f = 0.69$
  • DYellow 2G, $R_f = 0.82$

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