The Greater the Value of the Partition Ratio K of the Solute

question 11

Multiple Choice

The greater the value of the partition ratio K of the solute between the stationary phase and the mobile phase of a chromatographic column:

• A) The slower the solute travels through the stationary phase of the column
• B) The faster the solute travels through the stationary phase of the column
• C) There is no difference in the rate or travel of the solute, the rate of travel is based solely on the mobile phase
• D) a and c
• E) b and c

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Definitions:

Ascospores

Sexual spores produced within the ascus of ascomycete fungi during the sexual phase of their life cycle.

Zygospores

Thick-walled resting spores formed by the union of two morphologically similar or dissimilar haploid cells, commonly found in fungi and some protists.

Ascospores

Spores produced by ascus, a type of fungal hyphae, during the sexual reproduction phase of ascomycetes.

Binary Fission

A form of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotes where the cell divides into two equally sized offspring cells.