If a GC instrument has an immobile phase that is non-polar, then what would one expect to happen if a two-component mixture was injected into the instrument consisting of both a volatile and a nonvolatile substance?
- The less volatile molecule would move through first.
- The more volatile molecule would move through first.
- It would depend on the phase of the components.
- Volatility is independent of elution time, instead it relates to the masses of the components.