4.2.1 - Recovery Efficiency
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Practice Questions
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What process leads to the loss of analytes through evaporation?
💡 Hint: Think about some common household processes!
Define recovery efficiency in your own words.
💡 Hint: Consider it as a percentage!
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What is the term for the loss of analytes due to evaporation?
💡 Hint: Consider the state change from liquid to gas.
True or False: Recovery efficiency is a measurement of the percentage of analyte that remains in a sample after processing.
💡 Hint: Think about how we define the term in percentage.
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Challenge Problems
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An environmental lab measures a water sample with an original concentration of a harmful chemical. After processing, the lab finds only 50 mg/L instead of the reported 100 mg/L. Calculate the recovery efficiency and discuss the implications.
💡 Hint: Repeat the recovery efficiency calculation!
A lab uses two different types of containers for storage: glass and plastic. Explain the potential impacts of each on recovery efficiency concerning adsorption and present a comparison-based scenario.
💡 Hint: Think about how different materials interact with chemicals!
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