Percentage yield, actual yield and atom economy

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what is a "predicted yield"?
maximum possible mass of a certain product that could be made
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what is a "actual yield"?
the mass of product made when the reaction is carried out for real
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what is Percentage yield?
the percentage yield is how much you made compared to how much you should have made
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how do you work out Percentage yield?
actual yield / predicted yield x 100
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why might you not get 100% yield?
does not fully react, filtering, transferring liquid
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why does the industrial processes need as high a percentage yield as possible?
Reduces the waste of reactants, reduces the cost of the process
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what is atom economy?
Atom economy is a way to measure the atoms wasted when making a chemical
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100% atom economy means....?
that all the atoms in the reactants have been converted to the desired product
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how do you work out atom economy?
Mr of desired products / sum of Mr of all products x 100
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Industrial processes need as high an atom economy as possible. Why?
Reduces the production of unwanted products, Makes the process more sustainable
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What does it mean if you get 0% yield?
No product has been made
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