Question

The company calculates that 500 g of titanium dioxide should produce 1.2 kg of titanium chloride. However, the company finds that 500 g of titanium dioxide only produces 900 g of titanium chloride. Calculate the percentage yield.

Answer 1

Answer:

75%

Step-by-step explanation:

Percent yield = experimental yield / theoretical yield * 100

= 900 / 1200 * 100   (remember that 1,000 g = 1 kg)

= 75