Chemistry for Engineering Students
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Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.36PAE
4.36 Sometimes students in chemistry labs determine percentage yields greater than 100%. Assuming there is no calculation error, how could this happen?
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