AOCMB Chemistry – Material Balancing
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| Topic
1: Chemical Equations |
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| 1.1
Explain what material balancing is. |
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| 1.2
Verify that a chemical equation is
balanced. |
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| 1.3
Define the term molecular weight
and explain how to calculate the
weight of a molecule. |
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| 1.4
Calculate the amounts of reactants
and products in a reaction when given
the weight of one reactant. |
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| Topic
2: Limiting Factors |
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| 2.1
Identify two basic factors that can limit
the production of a process system. |
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| 2.2
Convert reactant supplies expressed as
total amounts into supply rates. |
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| 2.3
Determine the limiting factor of a process
system that is being operated to produce
as much product as possible. |
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| 2.4
Perform material balancing for a process
system when reactant supply is the
limiting factor. |
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| 2.5
Perform material balancing for a system
in which a specific amount of product is
to be produced. |
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