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Yield, Theoretical

The quantity that would be pro- duced at any appropriate phase of production based upon the quantity of material to be used, in the absence of any loss or error in actual production.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E2882-19 Standard Guide for Analysis of Clandestine Drug Laboratory Evidence. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2019. Source link
Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard may be purchased from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org