Stoichiometry Module: Yields

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GOAL(s):

  • Understand the differences among actual yield, theoretical yield, and percent yield
  • Calculate theoretical and percent yields.

DEFINITIONS:

theoretical yield: the quantity of product theoretically obtainable from a given quantity of reactant in a chemical reaction.

actual yield: the experimental quantity of product obtained from a chemical reaction.

percent yield: the ratio of actual yield to the theoretical yield, multiplied by 100%.

Yields