Question

There are
many opportunities during a recrystallization to lose crystals. How could you improve
your percent recovery? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

Many factors could affect the recrystallization and cause a lose of crystals. To begin with, a good way to improve your percent recovery includes picking a suitable solvent for your compound.

The yield could have been improved by repeating the recrystallization process in order for the substance to be at its purest form. Also, increasing the time of the solution cooling to room temperature so it can form larger crystals then putting it in the ice bath would yield more crystals.