HSC Chemistry 27 October 2023
IQ3: What are the implications for society of chemical synthesis and design?
Students:
● evaluate the factors that need to be considered when designing a chemical synthesis process, including but not limited to:
– availability of reagents
– reaction conditions
– yield and purity
– industrial uses (eg pharmaceutical, cosmetics, cleaning products, fuels)
– environmental, social and economic issues
This worksheet requires you to evaluate three methods of sodium hydroxide synthesis.
Here is a simulation which allows you to manipulate features of the Haber Process to calculate percentage yield.