The solubility of acetanilide in your recrystallizing solvent is 5.0 mg per mL at 10 degrees Celsius. Calculate the maximum percent recovery in this experiment, assuming a 15.0 mL recrystallizing solution is filtered at 10 degrees Celsius.

You didn't post all of the problem. The LOSS using 15.0 mL will be

5 mg/mL x 15.0 mL = 75 mg. So percent recovery will be
[(yield-75 mg)/yield]*100 = ?

To calculate the maximum percent recovery, we need to determine the maximum amount of acetanilide that can dissolve in 15.0 mL of the recrystallizing solvent at 10 degrees Celsius, and then compare it to the actual amount of acetanilide recovered.

First, let's calculate the maximum amount of acetanilide that can dissolve in 15.0 mL of the recrystallizing solvent:

Max amount of acetanilide = solubility of acetanilide × volume of solvent
= 5.0 mg/mL × 15.0 mL
= 75.0 mg

Therefore, the maximum amount of acetanilide that can dissolve in 15.0 mL of the recrystallizing solvent is 75.0 mg.

Now, let's assume that after the recrystallization process, we were able to recover 60.0 mg of acetanilide.

Percent recovery = (actual amount of acetanilide recovered / maximum amount of acetanilide that can dissolve) × 100%
= (60.0 mg / 75.0 mg) × 100%
= 80%

Therefore, the maximum percent recovery in this experiment, based on the given solubility data, is 80%.

To calculate the maximum percent recovery, we need to determine the maximum amount of acetanilide that can be dissolved in the 15.0 mL recrystallizing solution at 10 degrees Celsius. We can then compare it to the amount initially present in the solution.

Given that the solubility of acetanilide is 5.0 mg per mL at 10 degrees Celsius, we can calculate the maximum amount of acetanilide that can be dissolved in the solution:

Maximum amount of acetanilide = Solubility × Volume of solution
= 5.0 mg/mL × 15.0 mL
= 75.0 mg

Now, let's assume that the initial amount of acetanilide in the solution is X mg. We need to find the maximum percentage of recovery, which represents the ratio of the maximum amount of dissolved acetanilide to the initial amount present:

Maximum percent recovery = (Maximum amount / Initial amount) × 100
= (75.0 mg / X mg) × 100

Please provide the initial amount of acetanilide in the solution so that we can calculate the maximum percent recovery.

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