Question

Answer ASAP 50 pts

What sources of error may have contributed to the percent yield not being 100 percent? Think about things that may have led to inaccurate measurements or where mass of the product could have been lost if this experiment was conducted in a physical laboratory.

Answer 1

Percent yield is the ratio between actual and theoretical yield multiplied by 100%. The higher the actual yield the higher is the percent yield. In the percent yield there is always a limiting reagent that creates the difference between what is obtained and what is calculated. Percent yield can never exceed 100% if that happens it means that there was some error in the theoretical yield calculation.