Methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen) can be prepared in the lab by heating salicylic acid, C7H6O3, with methanol, CH3OH, according to the following reaction: C7H6O3 + CH3OH → C8H8O3 + H2O If the student starts with 2.53 g of salicylic acid and an excess of methanol and collects 2.62 g of methyl salicylate, what is the student’s percentage yield?

How long could you survive without electricity? what parts of your life would be affected by loss of electricity? should you prepare for an electricity outage, and if so, how would you prepare? what backup system could your family or community install to generate limited amounts of electricity during an outage? how does this system create an electric force field and generate electric current?