My theoretical yield of beryllium chloride was 10.7 grams in #Be + 2HCl -> BeCl_2 + H_2#. If my actual yield was 4.5 grams, what was my percent yield?
1 Answer
Explanation:
You're dealing with a single replacement reaction in which beryllium metal,
#"Be"_text((s]) + 2"HCl"_text((aq]) -> "BeCl"_text(2(aq]) + "H"_text(2(g]) uarr#
The theoretical yield of beryllium chloride is calculated by taking into account the stoichiometric coefficients of the reactants and of beryllium chloride.
More specifically, you know that one mole of beryllium metal reacts with two moles of hydrochloric acid to form one mole of aqueous beryllium chloride.
This corresponds to a reaction that has a
However, you collect
The percent yield of a chemical reaction is defined as
#color(blue)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)"% yield" = "what you actually get"/"what you should theoretically get" xx 100color(white)(a/a)|)))#
Plug in your values to get
#"% yield" = (4.5 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g"))))/(10.7color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g")))) xx 100 = color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)42%color(white)(a/a)|)))#
The answer is rounded to two sig figs, the number of sig figs you have for the actual yield of the reaction.