6.1 - Pharmaceutical Industry
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Practice Questions
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What is stoichiometry?
💡 Hint: Think about how chemists measure substances.
Why is it important in the pharmaceutical industry?
💡 Hint: Consider the impact of wrong measurements in medicine.
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What does stoichiometry enable chemists to do?
💡 Hint: Think about what stoichiometry calculations determine for chemical reactions.
True or False: Incorrect stoichiometry can lead to hazardous drug productions.
💡 Hint: Consider the risks involved in medication dosages.
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A pharmaceutical company wants to produce a new medication. If they require 250 grams of a primary reactant, how will they scale their process if the lab scale used 25 grams for tests?
💡 Hint: Think about how ratios work in scaling.
If a drug formulation requires stoichiometric calculations resulting in 300 grams of the product and 270 grams were produced, what is the percent yield?
💡 Hint: Remember the formula for percent yield.
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