Question: The mixture that you used in class has a total composition of 12.00 g of Benzoic acid dissolved in 60.0 ml of isoamyl alcohol and

The mixture that you used in class has a total composition of 12.00 g of Benzoic acid dissolved in 60.0 ml of isoamyl alcohol and 60.0ml of MTBE. Based on the volume of mixture that you used in the experiment, calculate your percent recovery for Isoamyl alcohol and benzoic acid. Show work. )

4.8ml of the mixture(12g Benzoic acid dissolved 60ml of isoamyl alcohol and 60ml of MTBE) is used

The final pure product for isoamyl alcohol is 1.0124g (hasn't converted to ml yet), and the final product for benzoic acid is 0.2339g

Isoamyl alcohol:

Benzoic acid:

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