3. Two peaks in a particular gas chromatogram have a retention ratio of 1.25. If this mixture was injected into a gas chromatograph column which had the same column type but a longer column, how would you expect the retention ratio to change?

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3. Two peaks in a particular gas chromatogram have a retention ratio of 1.25. If this mixture was injected into a gas chromatograph column which had the same column type but a longer column, how would you expect the retention ratio to change?

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