If 1.274 g of copper sulphate (CuSO4) reacts with excess of zinc metal, 0.392 g copper metal was obtained during the chemical reaction. Calculate the percentage yield of Cu metal. CuSO4(aq ) + ZNS- Cu(s + ZnSO4(aq)
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Explanation:
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Percent Yield
Chemical reactions in the real world don't always go exactly as planned on paper. In the course of an experiment, many things will contribute to the formation of less product than predicted. Besides spills and other experimental errors, there are usually losses due to an incomplete reaction, undesirable side reactions, etc. Chemists need a measurement that indicates how successful a reaction has been. This measurement is called the percent yield.
To compute the percent yield, it is first necessary to determine how much of the product should be formed based on stoichiometry. This is called the theoretical yield, the maximum amount of product that can be formed from the given amounts of reactants. The actual yield is the amount of product that is actually formed when the reaction is carried out in the laboratory. The percent yield is the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield, expressed as a percentage.