Question

Titanium dioxide, TiO₂, reacts with carbon and chlorine to give gaseous TiCl₄: TiO₂+2C+2CI₂−TiCI₄+2CO The reaction of 7.39 kg titanium dioxide with excess C and Cl₂ gives 14.24 kg titanium tetrachloride. Calculate the theoretical yield of TiCl₄ (assuming complete reaction) and its percentage yield.

Answer 1

Answer:

17.57kg of $TiCl_{4}$ and its percentage yield is 81.0%

Explanation:

Through the reaction you can get the theoretical amount of  $TiCl_{4}$ that must be produced.

$7.39kgTiO_{2}x\frac{1kmolTiO_{2} }{79.867kgTiO_{2}}x \frac{1kmolTiCl_{4}}{1kmolTiO_{2}}x\frac{189.867kgTiCl_{4} }{1kmolTiCl_{4}}=17.57kgTiCl_{4}$

If the amount obtained is less than the theoretical amount, it means that the initial sample was not 100% pure. Now the actual amount obtained is compared with the theoretical amount using a percentage

$yield=\frac{actual amount}{theoretical amount}x100= \frac{14.24kg}{17.57kg}x100$=81.0%