Question
What is the percentage recovery of a substance from a chemical reaction?
Answers
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The percentage recovery of a substance from a chemical reaction refers to the ratio of the amount of the desired product obtained after the reaction to the amount of that substance that was initially present or intended to be recovered. It is a way to quantify the efficiency of the reaction and the extraction or purification process.
The formula to calculate percentage recovery is:
\[
\text{Percentage Recovery} = \left( \frac{\text{Amount of product recovered}}{\text{Amount of product initially present}} \right) \times 100
\]
For example, if a chemical reaction was supposed to produce 10 grams of a substance and you recovered 8 grams, the percentage recovery would be:
\[
\text{Percentage Recovery} = \left( \frac{8 \text{ g}}{10 \text{ g}} \right) \times 100 = 80\%
\]
This measurement is important in both laboratory and industrial settings to evaluate the efficiency and yield of chemical processes.
The formula to calculate percentage recovery is:
\[
\text{Percentage Recovery} = \left( \frac{\text{Amount of product recovered}}{\text{Amount of product initially present}} \right) \times 100
\]
For example, if a chemical reaction was supposed to produce 10 grams of a substance and you recovered 8 grams, the percentage recovery would be:
\[
\text{Percentage Recovery} = \left( \frac{8 \text{ g}}{10 \text{ g}} \right) \times 100 = 80\%
\]
This measurement is important in both laboratory and industrial settings to evaluate the efficiency and yield of chemical processes.