A manufacturer separates a solid desired product from impurities and then dries the product.
Which event would make the mass of pure, dry product collected lower than the mass that formed?
Some impurities remain mixed with the collected product
Some solvent evaporates from the product while it is dried
Some desired product is removed with the impurities
Some limiting reactant had not reacted when the reaction stopped
151 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 6.2 Quantitative analysis, covering 6.2.1 Concentration in mol dm⁻³ and titration calculations, 6.2.2 Percentage yield and why actual yield falls short, 6.2.3 Atom economy of a reaction, 6.2.4 Choosing a reaction pathway, and 6.2.5 Molar volume of gases and Avogadro's law. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.