Practice Pharmaceutical Industry (6.1) - Stoichiometry - IB 10 Sciences (Group 4)

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Question 1.
What is stoichiometry?
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Think about how chemists measure substances.
Question 2.
Why is it important in the pharmaceutical industry?
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Consider the impact of wrong measurements in medicine.
3Question 3.
What does stoichiometry enable chemists to do?
- Measure reactants
- Calculate concentrations
- Predict reaction outcomes
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Think about what stoichiometry calculations determine for chemical reactions.
4Question 4.
True or False: Incorrect stoichiometry can lead to hazardous drug productions.
- True
- False
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Consider the risks involved in medication dosages.
Question 5.
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?
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Think about how ratios work in scaling.
Question 6.
If a drug formulation requires stoichiometric calculations resulting in 300 grams of the product and 270 grams were produced, what is the percent yield?
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Remember the formula for percent yield.

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