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Chapter 8: Multiple Reactions
Derivation for Optimum Yield with Multiple Reactions:
To maximize the amount of B produced, we need to differentiate our function for CB. Setting the differential equation equal to zero, we can solve for the time to reach this optimum, topt.
Solving for topt gives