Percentage yield (Edexcel GCSE Chemistry): Flashcards

Actual yield to theoretical yield

The amount of product you actually get

The maximum amount of product you could get

$\frac{\text{Actual}}{\text{Theoretical}} \times 100$

They don't go all the way to completion

Product lost during separation from reaction mixture

Reactants react differently, e.g., with oxygen in air

73.5%

How much of the reactants are successfully converted to product

Almost never