Chemistry A-Level
Percentage yield calculation
What Percentage yield calculation means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Percentage yield calculation
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Compares the amount actually obtained with the theoretical maximum: actual yield divided by theoretical yield, multiplied by 100.
Topics that use Percentage yield calculation
- Amount of substance (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- amount of substance
- atom economy
- Atom economy and by-products
- Concentration in mol dm⁻³
- Converting between cm³ and dm³
- Converting between moles and number of particles
- Empirical formula
- Empirical formula mass and molecular formula multiplier
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