1. Ch. 11: Stoichiometry
Sec. 11.4: Percent Yield

2. Objectives
Calculate the theoretical yield of a chemical reaction from data.
Determine the percent yield for a chemical reaction.

3. Percent Yield
Suppose you were practicing jump shots. In your best practice, you shot 75 balls. THEORETICALLY, you should have been successful 75 times. But, in ACTUALITY, you shot 49 out of 75. To determine your efficiency, you calculate a percentage:
actual shots x 100
theoretical shots
= 65%
Foul shots
One day you succeed in getting the ball through the hoop 49 times out of 75.
Theoretically you could have been successful 75 times, but how successful were you?
49 actual/75 theoretical x 100 = 65% successful

4. Percent Yield
Similar calculations are made to determine the success of chemical reactions. Most reactions never succeed in producing the predicted (theoretical) amount of product.
Why?
Not every reaction goes to completion.
If liquids are produced, they may adhere to glassware. If gases are produced, they may evaporate off.
Solids can be lost on transfer from one container to another.
Sometimes side reactions occur, reducing the yield of the intended product.
Not every reaction goes cleanly or completely.
Many reactions stop before all of the reactants are used up
Product is always left behing on filter paper or lost in the purification process.
In some cases products other than the intended ones may be formed by competing reactions.

5. Calculating Percent Yield
We have learned how to calculate the amount of product formed from a given amount of reactant using stoichiometry. This value is actually the theoretical yield of a reaction. It’s how much product forms when conditions are ideal.
Theoretical yield is the maximum amount of product that can be produced from a given amount of reactant.

6. Calculating Percent Yield
A chemist determines the actual amount of product formed through careful experimentation. This is his LAB DATA.
Actual yield is the amount of product actually produced when the chemical reaction is carried out in an experiment.
Chemists need to know how efficient a reaction is in producing the desired product.

7. Calculating Percent Yield
Percent yield of product is the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield expressed as a percent:
Remember: Actual yield comes from experimental data; theoretical yield comes from stoichiometric calculations.

8. Sample Problem
When potassium chromate (K2CrO4) is added to a solution containing g silver nitrate (AgNO3), solid silver chromate (Ag2CrO4) is formed.
Determine the theoretical yield of silver chromate precipitate.
If g of silver chromate is obtained, calculate the percent yield.

9. Sample Problem (cont.)
1.Write a balanced equation and identify known & unknown:
2AgNO3 + K2CrO4 Ag2CrO4 + 2KNO3
0.500 g ? g
2.Covert grams of known to moles.
0.500 g AgNO3 x 1 mole = mol
169.9 g AgNO3

10. Sample Problem (cont.) 3.Use a mole ratio to get moles of unknown;
mol AgNO3 x 1 mol Ag2CrO4 =
2 mol AgNO3
mol Ag2CrO4
4.Calculate the mass of the product from moles:
mol Ag2CrO4 x g = g
1 mol Ag2CrO4

11. Sample Problem (cont.) This is the theoretical yield: 0.488 g Ag2CrO4
To get the percent yield, divide the actual yield (given in the problem as g) by the theoretical yield & multiply by 100:
0.455g x = 93.2% yield of Ag2CrO4
0.488 g
NOTE: Percent yield will NEVER be greater than
100%.

12. Practice Problems
If 14.0 g Al(OH)3 is present in an antacid tablet, determine the theoretical yield of AlCl3 produced when the tablet reacts with an excess of stomach acid. If the actual yield is 22.0 g, what is the percent yield?
Al(OH)3 + 3HCl  AlCl H2O
Zinc reacts with iodine in a synthesis reaction. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction. Determine the theoretical yield if a 125 g of zinc were used. Determine the percent yield if 116 g of product was recovered.