@Monamark,
Monamark wrote:
I want to express my finding by writing "The yield obtained with deproteinization time of 30, 60 and 90 minutes without neutralization [is] 2.76 %, 1.83 % and 0 % respectively".
some says the bracket should be filled with "was", but I just thinking that I already placed an "ed" after the word "obtain"
The -ed ending "obtained" (i.e. the use of the past participle) does not affect whether you use "is" or "was". Depending on which of these you use, the sentence will have different meanings.
I simplify the sentence to make my point clear:
(1) "The yield obtained with deproteinization time of 30 minutes is 2.76 %".
The present "is" can be employed, as here, to discuss something that is habitual, normal, usual, commonly experienced, etc. [Every time the process is carried out,] the yield obtained is 2.76%.
If, however, you are talking about one single experiment, you would use 'was'.
(2) "The yield obtained with deproteinization time of 30 minutes was 2.76 %". [When I carried out the experiment,] the yield was 2.76%
Also, it would be better to say "with
a deproteinization time of 30 minutes"