Atom Economy
- Created by: Jasmin
- Created on: 10-01-14 11:23
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- Atom Economy
- Measure of the amount of starting materials that end up as useful products
- Atom Economy = mass of atoms in required product / total mass of atoms in reactions x 100
- High A.E makes use of most of the atoms of the reactants, with few wasted as by-products
- Reduces amount of waste products a company has to deal with, which reduces the cost of waste treatment
- A.E can be improved by finding uses for any by-products
- Example
- % yield is about the efficiency of the process of converting reactants into products
- A.E is about the proportion of reactant atoms that have been converted into the desired product
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