What determines inter column space/separation?

[Nandakumar Chandrasekhar <navanitachora-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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Dear Folks,

I have a markdown file which I am converting to PDF using the lualatex 
engine using the command:

pandoc --from markdown+pipe_tables --to latex --pdf-engine lualatex 
--output inter-column-space.pdf inter-column-space.md

My markdown file is as follows:

---

title: "What determines the inter-column space/separation?"

papersize: a4

fontsize: 11pt

mainfont: Noto Serif

geometry: 

  - margin=25mm

header-includes:

  - \usepackage[margins=raggedright]{floatrow}

  - \let\toprule\relax

  - \let\bottomrule\relax

---

|   |   |

|:--|:--|

| a | 
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 |

|   | 70 characters in second column |

|   |   |

|:--|:--|

| a | 
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 
|

|   | 80  characters in second column |


The behavior I am seeing is that as soon as the number of characters passes 
80 characters in the second column the inter column spacing increases and 
does not adhere to the margins specified in the YAML block.

Here is a link to the compiled PDF which clearly shows what I see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/89z845hhy7dbnm4/inter-column-space.pdf?dl=0

Since I am using the same source to create a PDF and DOCX file I would like 
to use the same table markup for both. I do not see this issue in the DOCX 
version as I compile it with a reference doc.

I hope you may be able to provide me with a robust table solution.

Many thanks,

Nanda

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