Understanding Yield in Chemical Reactions: Theoretical Yield, Actual Yield, and Percentage Yield

The video tutorial explains the concept of yield in chemical reactions, covering theoretical yield, actual yield, and percentage yield. It discusses factors that cause actual yield to be less than theoretical yield, such as incomplete reactions, reversible reactions, impurities, side reactions, and loss of chemicals. The tutorial also explains how to calculate percentage yield and provides example calculations to illustrate the concepts.

Why is a high percentage yield desirable in chemical processes?

Calculate the percentage yield if the actual yield is 200 grams and the theoretical yield is 500 grams.

If the theoretical yield is 300 grams and the percentage yield is 25%, what is the actual yield?