CHEMISTRY 11 AP – PERCENTAGE PURITY & PERCENTAGE YIELD WORKSHEET

1) A saturated solution of lithium fluoride, which is sometimes used as a rinse to prevent tooth decay,
contains 0.132 g of LiF in 100.0 g of water. Calculate the percentage purity by mass of the LiF.

% purity =
0.132g
× 100% =
0.132%
100.0g
2) Automotive air bags inflate when solid sodium azide (NaN3) decomposes explosively into its
constituent elements. What volume of nitrogen gas is formed if 120 g of 85% pure sodium azide
decomposes? Assume STP conditions.

2NaN3→2Na+3N2
NAN 85% of 120g
=
0.85×1209=1.0×1029
g pure }
=

LNa= 1.0×103 NaN3× dsmowaaghbxgemmondvanisx ,2m2oYn 's

=
52L
3) What volume of chlorine gas could be produced under STP conditions if 39.8 g of 84.0% pure
potassium chloride were reacted with an excess of fluorine gas?
+ Fa QKCI→ 2 KF + Cbn

KCI 84.0% of 39.8g 0.840×39 8g =

33.4g
g pure
= .
=

Kdxlmdkcl IMOICK 22.4L

LCK 33.4g X
74.559×2
=

molkcl |mo1d2

=
5.02L
4) The thermite reaction is extremely exothermic, producing temperatures in excess of 2500°C. These
high temperatures were used to weld iron tracks together during the early days of the railway.
Thermite is a mixture of powdered aluminum and iron (III) oxide (rust) reacting as follows:

2 Al (s) + Fe2O3 (s) → Al2O3 (s) + 2 Fe (s)

If 2.44 g of 95% pure aluminum is reacted, how many grams of aluminum oxide can be produced?

g pure
At = 95% of 2.449=0.95×2 44g .
=

2.3g
lmd At IMOIAKQ 101.96g
Ala 03 2. 3g× ×
g
26.989×2
=

MOIAI IMOIAHG

=
4.4g
 5) A 25.0 g sample of calcium oxide is heated with excess hydrochloric acid to produce water and 37.5
g of calcium chloride. What is the percent yield of the reaction?

CAO → +2haH2O+ Cack

IMOICAO jmdcackx 110.98g

gcacla = 25 .OgCaO×
56.089 ×/mdca0 |mo|Cad2

=
49.5g ( theoretical yield if 100% completion )

3759
% yield =

× 100% = 75.8%
49.5g
6) A solution containing 15.2 g of barium bromide is reacted with a solution containing excess sodium
phosphate to form 9.5 g of barium phosphate. What is the percentage yield of the reaction?

Bad PODA

×3mdBaBr2
+

3BaBr2t2Na3P04→6NaBr
gBaz(PO$a= 15.2g Babrax
lMdBaBr2 /molBa}DOy)2
×
601.93g
297.13g IMOIBAKPOYK

=
10.39 ( theoretical yield if 100% completion )

% yield = 9.5g × 100% =

93%
10.3g
7) Copper (II) oxide reacts with hydrogen gas to form water and copper metal. From this reaction, 3.6
g of copper metal was obtained with a yield of 32.5%. What mass of copper (II) oxide was reacted
with the excess hydrogen gas?
CUO + Ha → Haotcu

IMOICU IMOIAO 79.55g

gCuO= 3. bgcux ×

63.559×1 molcu IMOIAO

=
4.59 ( theoretical Cuousedif
100% completion )

32.5% =

45×9 x 100%
however
( 14g of CUO was the starting mass

14g underwent a
×
Sgofthecuo actually
=

Only 4.
reaction )
 8) A 20.0 g piece of calcium metal reacts with 18.0 mL of water over time. If 10.0 L of hydrogen gas
is formed under STP conditions, what is the percentage yield of the reaction? Recall the density of
water is 1.00 g/mL.
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11.2L Ha
amount of
both reactants produce the same

reactants are
used up completely
i. both

% yield =
49.029×10040=89.4 %
9) A sample of impure silver with a mass of 0.7294 g was dissolved in excess concentrated nitric acid
according to the following unbalanced equation: balance first

3 Ag (s) +4HNO3 (aq) →3AgNO3 (aq) + NO (g) +2H2O (l)

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Agnostics
Once the nitrogen monoxide gas was vented off in a fume hood, the resulting silver nitrate was
reacted with a slight excess of hydrochloric acid to form a precipitate of silver chloride. The dried
precipitate was 0.3295 g. What was the percentage purity of the silver sample?

143.329×1
HNB
Agat
e

species between
lmdA9NB×3md
idea behind this question
cthhemical
the 2
is to find
reactions
a

.
common

That chemical

is Agnos .

As
Agdxlmdttsd 1,0mg
,87agg
gAg= 0.3295g
×

MOIAGCI 3m0lAgN03
.
=
0.2480g 2 stoichiometry steps
rewired to link 2 reactions

% purity =
0.2480g '' 100% =
34.00%
0.7294g