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Title: Product Yield
Post by: d0minicz on January 16, 2009, 03:21:14 pm

Calculate the percentage yield if 5.0g of ethanol is oxidised to produce 4.8g of ethanoic acid. I got a different answer from the back. Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Product Yield
Post by: vce08 on January 16, 2009, 03:33:42 pm

The answer i get is 74%

tell me if this is correct. if so i'll bother to put up my workings.

Title: Re: Product Yield
Post by: d0minicz on January 16, 2009, 05:45:26 pm

I got that too, but the book says 92%. Damn book. Thanks table  ;D

Title: Re: Product Yield
Post by: jackinthepatch on January 18, 2009, 03:53:14 pm

Yeah I got 74%, books wrong lol. Which book is it? Because looking through the forum there seem to be a lot of mistakes in chemistry text books...I hope Heineman is reliable lol.

Title: Re: Product Yield
Post by: d0minicz on January 19, 2009, 12:42:28 am

Lol Heinemann hahaha

Title: Re: Product Yield
Post by: jackinthepatch on January 19, 2009, 10:35:41 am

LOL noooooo!