Yield (chemistry)

<p>In <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, yield, also known as reaction yield or chemical yield, refers to the amount of <a href="/facts/Product_(chemistry)/8uCoDUdv">product</a> obtained in a <a href="/facts/Chemical_reaction/GpqWlKrz">chemical reaction</a>. Yield is one of the primary factors that scientists must consider in <a href="/facts/Organic_synthesis/aprl6Iq7">organic</a> and inorganic <a href="/facts/Chemical_synthesis/3KXsVVwC">chemical synthesis</a> processes. In chemical reaction engineering, "yield",  "<a href="/facts/Conversion_(chemistry)/153nYK4B">conversion</a>" and "selectivity" are terms used to describe ratios of how much of a reactant was consumed (conversion), how much desired product was formed (yield) in relation to the undesired product (selectivity), represented as X, Y, and S.
</p><p>The term yield also plays an important role in <a href="/facts/Analytical_chemistry/MHQf3YP6">analytical chemistry</a>, as individual <a href="/facts/Chemical_compound/37FXqqtv">compounds</a> are recovered in <a href="/facts/Separation_process/8Ie5Lv5Y">purification processes</a> in a range from quantitative yield (100 %) to low yield (< 50 %).
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Yield (chemistry)