What is the difference between theoretical and actual yield?

Actual Yield Definition . The actual yield is the quantity of a product that is obtained from a chemical reaction.In contrast, the calculated or theoretical yield is the amount of product that could be obtained from a reaction if all of the reactant converted to product. Theoretical yield is based on the limiting reactant.

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Can an actual yield ever exceed a theoretical yield?

Of course, a “true” actual yield can NEVER be greater than the “true” theoretical yield in a reaction ( this is the answer to the last question you posed ). What I mean by a “true” theoretical yield is the theoretical yield wherein you have accounted ALL of the possible occurrences in your reaction.

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Which formula can be used to calculate the theoretical yield?

Use the molar mass of the product to convert moles product to grams of product. In equation form: grams product = grams reactant x (1 mol reactant/molar mass of reactant) x (mole ratio product/reactant) x (molar mass of product/1 mol product) The theoretical yield of our reaction is calculated using: molar mass of H 2 gas = 2 grams.

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What is my percent yield and how is it calculated?

Percent yield represents the ratio between what is experimentally obtained and what is theoretically calculated, multiplied by 100%. #"% yield" = ("actual yield")/("theoretical yield") * 100%# So, let's say you want to do an experiment in the lab. You want to measure how much water is produced when 12.0 g of glucose (#C_6H_12O_6#) is burned with enough oxygen.

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