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Why can an Rf value never be greater than 1.00?

April 26, 2017greater RF value

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Why can an Rf value never be greater than 1.00?

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Because it is the distance traveled by the sample divided by distance traveled by the solvent front in chromatography, and as the sample is moving IN the solvent, it can never go past it, therefore the value will always be equal to or less than 1.00.