% Yield and % Atom economy percentage yield = x 100 actual yield theoretical yield percentage atom economy Mass of useful products Mass of all reactants = x 100 Do take into account balancing numbers when working out % atom economy.
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3.1.2.5 Balanced equations and associated calculations
Students should be able to:
• percentage yields
• percentage atom economies
3.1.2.5 Balanced equations and associated calculationsPercentage atom economy is: molecular mass of desired product sum of molecular masses of all reactants × 100 Economic, ethical and environmental advantages for society and for industry of developing chemical processes with a high atom economy.
Students should be able to:
• percentage yields
• percentage atom economies