Name:___________________

Period:_______

Percent Yield Practice

Steps for limiting reactants
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Convert reactant 1 to moles of a product

Convert reactant 2 to moles of the same product
Determine Limiting Reagent, the one that converts to the least amount of product
Find what you want using the limiting reagent
Determine percent yield: (actual/theoretical) x 100

Questions:
1.
___C8H16 + ___O2 ___CO2 + ___H2O
If 120.1 grams of C8H18 reacts with 18.1 x 1024 molecules of O2, how many molecules of H2O can be
formed?
Step 1: Convert reactant 1 to moles of a product.

Product moles:_______________________
Step 2: Convert reactant 2 to moles of the same product

Product moles:______________________
Step 3: Determine Limiting Reagent:_____________________
Step 4: Find what you want using the limiting reagent:

Step 5: If 3.10 x 1022 molecules of H2O are actually formed, what is the percent yield?
(actual/theoretical) x 100

2.
___Mg + ___LiF ___MgF2 + ___Li
If I start with 2.56 ml of LiF (density=2.2g/ml) and 15.0 grams of Mg, how many grams of MgF2 can be
formed?
Step 1: Convert reactant 1 to moles of a product.

Product moles:_______________________
Step 2: Convert reactant 2 to moles of the same product

Name:___________________

Period:_______

Product moles:______________________
Step 3: Determine Limiting Reagent:_____________________
Step 4: Find what you want using the limiting reagent:

Step 5: If 12.2 grams of MgF2 are actually found, what is the percent yield?
(actual/theoretical) x 100

3.
___B2O3 + ___KF ___K2O + ___BF3
If 2.50 x 1024 molecules of B2O3 and 241 ml of a 3.34 g/ml density solution of KF are reacted, how many grams
of BF3 are produced?
Step 1: Convert reactant 1 to moles of a product.

Product moles:_______________________
Step 2: Convert reactant 2 to moles of the same product

Product moles:______________________
Step 3: Determine Limiting Reagent:_____________________
Step 4: Find what you want using the limiting reagent:

Step 5: If 18.1 grams of BF3 are produced, what is the percent yield? (actual/theoretical) x 100