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Green Chemistry Reactor: Atom Economy & E-Factor

Interactive 3D esterification reactor: tune catalyst loading, temperature, reagent excess and solvent choice to watch yield, atom economy and E-factor (waste per kg of product) respond in real time.

Chemistry & Materials2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted

This simulation runs a real catalyzed esterification — acetic acid and ethanol combining into ethyl acetate and water — inside a 3D flow reactor, and turns the reaction into the metrics a process chemist actually optimizes for. Catalyst loading and temperature drive a live conversion/selectivity trade-off, alcohol excess trades higher yield against more unreacted waste, and the solvent choice (water and ethanol versus dichloromethane and toluene) shows how a hazardous solvent inflates process mass intensity even at identical chemical yield. Product and waste streams flow out of the reactor as separate particle streams sized to the live E-factor, making the abstract idea of "minimizing waste while maximizing efficiency" something you can watch happen molecule by molecule.

⚙ Under the hood

This simulation allows users to explore the principles of green chemistry by designing and executing reactions with a focus on minimizing waste and maximizing resource efficiency. By manipulating reaction parameters, learners can observe how catalysts influence reaction rates and product selectivity – crucial aspects of sustainable chemical processes.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install