Serious question
Does anyone of you understand this? If so, can you explain it to me?

"You can specify yields as moles of a component per unit mass of total feed."
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:38, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Chemistry init

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:39, Reply)

Yes, a reactor
people have been doing it in a way for years, and I think it's wrong, but I don't understand what that phrase means. "Unit mass of total feed"?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:43, Reply)

Is it supposed to be per-unit?
As in the mass of total feed per unit?
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:45, Reply)

unit mass
means moles per one kilogram for example

unit mass or unit length or whatever means one unit of whatever measure you are using
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:47, Reply)

So
I give it the yield in moles per each kg that goes into the reactor?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:49, Reply)

yep
if this is actually going to be involved in an actual reactor though you might want to get a second opinion
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:49, Reply)

I literally have no clue what I'm talking about 100% of the time.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:51, Reply)

if there's one thing I know well
it's SI units.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:56, Reply)

or
Smug Innit units, to give them their full name
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:05, Reply)

Oh, yeah!
I love you! It works now!! I can't believe they've been doing it wrong for so long!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:54, Reply)

splendid

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:57, Reply)

It's fairly straightforward.
It means that yields can be specified, by you or someone like you, as moles of a component per unit mass of total feed.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:53, Reply)

Afternoon
Someone in my office mentioned they had too many enzymes inside them yesterday, I couldn't explain to them why I was so amused by this.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:01, Reply)

Yes, it's that "per unit mass"
that doesn't mean anything to me. Well, didn't, now I know. Thanks :)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:02, Reply)

It means 'don't feed the moles'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:55, Reply)

I thought about making a joke about subterranean mammals
then realised that is would be shit and didn't
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:57, Reply)

And you were right.

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:02, Reply)