Question

If 1.546 g of copper was used by a student at the start of the lab, and 0.732 g of copper were obtained at

the end of the series of reactions, what was the percent recovery? Briefly explain how you found your
answer.

Answer 1

Answer: Percent recovery is 47.34 %

Step-by-step explanation:

Percent yield is defined as the ratio of experimental yiled to theoretical yield in terms of percentage.

`{\text{ percent yield}}=\frac{\text{amount recovered}}{\text{total amount}}* 100`

Putting in the values we get:

`{\text{ percent yield}}=(0.732)/(1.546)* 100=47.34\%`

Therefore, the percent recovery is 47.34 %