Atom economy

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How is one way to reduce waste in chemical processes?
Atom economy
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What is atom economy?
a way to measure the amount of atoms that are wasted when a chemical is made.
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A low atom economy means..
that few atoms in the reactants have been converted into the desired product.
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What is the relationship between the percentage yield and atom economy?
The higher the percentage yield and atom economy of a process, the more sustainable it is.
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How do you work out atom economy?
desired product / total amount of all products x by 100
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