Percent Yield in Chemical Reactions

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1. Calculate the percent yield of a reaction that had a theoretical yield of 3.76 g and an actual
yield of 1.45 g.

2. If 2.5 g of K2PO4 was produced in the reaction below and the percent yield was 45%, what
was the theoretical yield?

3 KOH + H3PO4 à K3PO4 + 3 H2O

3. If the actual yield of a reaction was 0.567 g, and the theoretical yield was 0.750 g, what was
the percent yield of this reaction?

4. If the percent yield of a reaction was 65.0% and its theoretical yield was 0.652 g of CO 2 what
was the actual yield?

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5. Calculate the theoretical yield of a reaction that produced 4.5 g of a product with a 38%
yield.

6. Calculate the percent yield of a reaction that produced 5.78 g NH 4, if its theoretical yield
was 6.78 g.

7. Calculate the percent yield of a reaction that produced 0.350 mol HCl if the theoretical yield
was 15.36 g.

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8. Calculate the percent yield of H2 of a reaction that produced 0.050 moles H2 from 4.5 g HCl
and excess Al in the reaction below:

2 Al + 6 HCl à 2 AlCl3 + 3 H2

9. Use the following equation to answer the questions that follow.

Fe + H2SO4 à Fe2(SO4)3 + H2
a. Balance the equation.

b. Calculate the theoretical yield of Fe2(SO4)3 if 1.4 g Fe and 3.4 g H2SO4 are reacted.

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 c. If the percent yield of Fe2(SO4)3 in the reaction was 67%, what was the actual yield?