A student calculates the theoretical yield of their experiment is 4.89 grams

Question

A student calculates the theoretical yield of their experiment is 4.89 grams. After carrying out the experiment, they only produced 4.21 grams of product in the lab. Calculate the percent yield & percent error for this student.

Answer 1

The percent yield is calculated using the following formula.

 

percent yield = (actual yield/theoretical yield)*100

 

In this case actual yield (the mass found from the experiment) is 4.21 g and the theoretical yield is 4.89 g. All you need to do is to plug these numbers in the formula given above to find the percent yield.

 

The percent error can be calculated using the following formula.

 

percent error = |theoretical - experimental/theoretical|*100 where theoretical-experimental is the deviation between the experimental and theoretical values.

 

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