Question

The theoretical yield of ammonia in an industrial synthesis was 550 kg, but only 480 kg was obtained. What was the percentage yield of the reaction?

Answer 1

We know that when calculating percent yield, we use the equation:

$Percent yield=\frac{Actual yield (A)}{Theoretical yield (T)}$

Since the quantities that we are given in the question are equal, we can just directly divide them to find percent yield:

$Percentyield=\frac{480kg}{550kg} =0.8727*100=87.27$

So now we know that the percent yield of the synthesis is 87.27%.