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The reaction's percent yield will be
The balanced equation for the decomposition of magnesium chloride is
Every time you have to compare the amount of a product produced given an amount of a reactant, you must use mole ratios. The mole ratio between magnesium chloride and magnesium metal will help you determine how much of the latter would have been produced if the reaction had a
This will be the theoretical yield of the reaction. The actual yield of the reaction was given to you -
Determine the theoretical yield of the reaction by using the
Use molar masses to go from grams to moles and vice versa.
This means that you have
The number of grams produced in theory will be
Now, percent yield is defined as the ratio between actual yield and theoretical yield, multiplied by 100. All you have to do from this point on is to plug the values you have into the equation
Percent yield is all about what you would produce in theory vs . what you produce experimentally. A reaction can NEVER have a percent yield that's greater than