calculating Percentage Yield
Studied by 0 people
Call Kai
Learn
Practice Test
Spaced Repetition
Match
Flashcards
Knowt Play1/5
There's no tags or description
Looks like no tags are added yet.
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced |
|---|
No study sessions yet.
6 Terms
What will always be less than the theoretical yield for any reaction?
The actual mass of product obtained
Name examples for a reason why the actual mass of product is less than theoretical yield?
Sometimes not all the starting chemicals react fully and some chemicals are always lost
How are some chemicals always lost?
Some solution gets left on filter paper or is lost during transfers between containers.
What do you do once you've found the theoretical and actual yield?
Work out the percentage yield
What is the percentage yield?
The actual amount of product you collect, written as a percentage of the theoretical field
How do you work out the theoretical yield?
(Actual yield) / (theoretical yield) x100
Note 
Flashcards (21)