Chemistry GCSE
Atom utilisation
What Atom utilisation means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Atom utilisation
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Another name for atom economy, the measure of the amount of starting materials that end up as useful products.
Topics that use Atom utilisation
- Atom economy (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Addition reactions
- Atom economy
- Balanced equations
- Concentration
- Concentration and volume
- Economic factors in industrial chemistry
- Evaluating competing reaction pathways
- Mass and volume relationships
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