Yeild %

Question 1

What is meant by term yeild?

Answer 1

Yield, is the amount of a product produced from reaction

Question 2

What is percentage yield?

Answer 2

“Percentage yield shows how much product you made compared to the most you could have made.”

Question 3

What is meant by the term actual yield?

Answer 3

The actual yield is the amount of a product obtained in practice

Question 4

What is meant by the term the theoretical yield?

Answer 4

The theoretical yield is the maximum amount of product that could be obtained if there was 100% conversion of reactant into product

Question 5

The actual yield is less than the theoretical yield reasons for this could be

Answer 5

• the starting materials might have impurities

• some products get lost when you try to separate or clean them

• other unwanted reactions might happen

Question 6

Percentage yield calculation

Answer 6

%Yield= actual yield/ theoretical yield x 100