Assume you are running a forensic laboratory. Using the table of Rf values below, determine which solvent you would use to analyze a sample seized by the police in a drug smuggling case. Justify your solvent choice.      Rf Values of Drugs in Various Solvent Systems Drug Solvent 1 Solvent 2 Solvent 3 Morphine 0.20 0.15 0.10 Cocaine 0.45 0.76 0.73 Reserpine 0.75 0.80 0.72

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Assume you are running a forensic laboratory. Using the table of Rvalues below, determine which solvent you would use to analyze a sample seized by the police in a drug smuggling case. Justify your solvent choice. 

    Rf Values of Drugs in Various Solvent Systems

Drug

Solvent 1

Solvent 2

Solvent 3

Morphine

0.20

0.15

0.10

Cocaine

0.45

0.76

0.73

Reserpine

0.75

0.80

0.72

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