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Percentage Yield

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ______________ yield is the maximum amount of product possible in a reaction. This determines the amount of product that should be produced in a perfect setting
a)
Percent
b)
actual
c)
stoichiometry
d)
theoretical
2.

When reacting Na with Cl2, we calculated that the theoretical yield should be 13 grams. Our actual yield was 12.5 grams. What is the percent yield?

a)

90.4%

b)

104%

c)

96.15%

d)

1.04%

3.
In a lab, a scientist calculate he should produce 12.3 grams of product in his experiment. When he is finished collecting his product it weighs 10.1 grams. What is his percent yield?
a)
82%
b)
0.82%
c)
10.1 %
d)
100%
4.
If a chemist calculates the maximum amount of product that could be obtained in a chemical reaction, he or she is calculating the
a)
theoretical yield
b)
mole ratio
c)
actual yield
d)
percentage yield
5.
If a chemist calculates the maximum amount of product that could be obtained in a chemical reaction, he or she is calculating the
a)
theoretical yield
b)
mole ratio
c)
actual yield
d)
percentage yield
6.
7. The amount of product that actually forms when a chemical reaction is carried out in a laboratory is called the _________ yield.
a)
actual
b)
theoretical
c)
percent
7.
CH4  +  2O2  →  CO2  +  2H2O
24 grams of CH4 was added to the above reaction. Calculate the theoretical yield of CO2.
a)
66 grams
b)
132 grams
c)
33 grams
d)
8.72
8.

When reacting Na with Cl2, we calculated that the theoretical yield should be 13 grams. Our actual yield was 12.5 grams. What is the percent yield?

a)

90.4%

b)

104%

c)

96.15%

d)

1.04%

9.

2Fe2O3 + C → Fe + 3CO2

You add 28 grams of carbon. You find the actual yield to be 181.2 grams of CO2. What is the percent yield of CO2? (Hint: calculate theoretical yield of CO2 first)

a)

58.83%

b)

308%

c)

6435%

d)

15.5

10.
P4 + 6Cl2 --> 4PCl3 
The reaction of 75.0g P4 with excess chlorine gas produces 110g PCl3 in lab. Find the theoretical yield and calculate percent yield for the reaction. 
a)
78%
b)
64%
c)
27%
d)
33%
11.
In a lab, a scientist calculate he should produce 12.3 grams of product in his experiment. When he is finished collecting his product it weighs 10.1 grams. What is his percent yield?
a)
82%
b)
0.82%
c)
10.1 %
d)
100%
12.

The reaction of 25.0 g benzene, C6H6, with excess HNO3 resulted in 21.4 g C6H5NO2. What is the percentage yield?

C6H6 + HNO3 → C6H5NO2 + H2O

a)

100%

b)

27.39%

c)

54.29%

d)

85.62%

13.
Lead nitrate can be decomposed by heating.  What is the % yield of the decomposition reaction if 7.4g Pb(NO3)2 are heated to give 4.1 g PbO?
2Pb(NO3)2 (s)→2PbO(s)+4NO2(g)+O2(g)
a)
82%
b)
44%
c)
56%
d)
67%
14.

Percent yield can never be greater than ________.

a)

theoretical yield

b)

100%

c)

both a and b

d)

50%

15.

4NH3 + 5O2 --> 4NO + 6H2O

If 1.21 g of NO are formed when 6.30 g of ammonia react with 1.80 g of oxygen, what is the % yield?

a)

37.0 %

b)

45.1 %

c)

89.6%

d)

10.9 %

16.
CH4  +  2O2  →  CO2  +  2H2O
24 grams of CH4 was added to the above reaction. Calculate the theoretical yield of CO2.
a)
66 grams
b)
132 grams
c)
33 grams
d)
8.72