Thin‑layer chromatography (TLC) can be used as a preliminary identification method for many amphetamine‑type stimulants (ATS). Using a 0.25 mm thick silica gel stationary phase and a 98.5:1.5 methanol:concentrated ammonia mobile phase, a spot was observed to have traveled 3.52 cm when the solvent front traveled 8.81 cm. What is the retardation factor (?F)for the compound that composes this spot?

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Thin‑layer chromatography (TLC) can be used as a preliminary identification method for many amphetamine‑type stimulants (ATS). Using a 0.25 mm thick silica gel stationary phase and a 98.5:1.5 methanol:concentrated ammonia mobile phase, a spot was observed to have traveled 3.52 cm when the solvent front traveled 8.81 cm. What is the retardation factor (?F)for the compound that composes this spot? 

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