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What is the percentage yield for any reaction typically?
What is one factor that can reduce percentage yield?
Extraction
What happens to some chemicals that reduces percentage yield?
They waste
What are unexpected reactions that affect percentage yield called?
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What does hydration refer to in the context of percentage yield?
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What can cause incomplete reactions?
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How is the percentage yield calculated?
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What is theoretical yield?
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What is real yield?
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Factors that reduce percentage yield include _______ reactions.
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Match the following types of yield to their definitions:
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What can happen to the mixture when baking a cake that relates to percentage yield?
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Study Notes
Percentage Yield Overview
- Percentage yield reflects the efficiency of a chemical reaction and is typically less than 100%.
- Factors affecting percentage yield can stem from both the reaction process and material handling.
Key Factors Affecting Percentage Yield
- Extraction Issues: Difficulty in fully separating the product from the reaction mixture leads to reduced yields.
- Waste in Glassware: Residual chemicals cling to the glassware, resulting in lost product and lower yield.
- Side Reactions: Unplanned chemical reactions can produce by-products instead of the desired product, decreasing overall yield.
- Hydration Effects: Products extracted in water may retain moisture, misleadingly inflating yield calculations if water is not accounted for.
- Incomplete Reactions: Reactions may be slow, reversible, or inadequately timed, preventing full conversion of reactants to products.
Understanding Percentage Yield through Analogy
- Baking a cake illustrates yield concepts, as not all mixture converts to finished cake due to stickiness and other baking mishaps.
- This analogy emphasizes that achieving 100% efficiency in reactions is unattainable, similar to baking outcomes.
Calculating Percentage Yield
- The formula for percentage yield:
- Percentage Yield = (Real Yield / Theoretical Yield) x 100.
Types of Yield
- Theoretical Yield: Represents the highest possible mass of product calculated from a balanced equation, assuming complete conversion of reactants.
- Real Yield: Actual yield obtained from the reaction, also used to calculate percentage yield.
Factors Leading to Incomplete Reactions
- Slowness of reactions can prevent completion.
- Reversibility of reactions can lead to some products reverting to reactants, affecting yield.
Summary of Yield Reduction Factors
- Incomplete reactions, adherence of chemicals to apparatus, difficulties in separation, and occurrence of side reactions are common causes of reduced percentage yield.
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