Question

If 7.25g of chlorine is reacted with excess hydrogen and produces 7.25 g HCl. What is the percent yield?

Answer 1

Answer:

94.61 %

Explanation:

percent yield = (actual yield / theoretical yield) X 100%

The balanced equation for the reaction is:

H2 (g ) + Cl2(g) => 2 HCl (l)

So, the theoretical yield =  

 7.25g of chlorine X (2mol of Cl / 35.453 g of Cl) X (2mol Cl / 2mol of HCl) X  37.469g of Hcl / 2mol of Hcl = 0.409 x 18.735 = 7.663g of Hcl

Using this theoretical yield and the provided value for actual yield, the percent yield = (actual yield / theoretical yield) X 100%

= (7.25 g / 7.663g) X 100

= 94.61 %