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Q: How is it possible to obtain a yield greater than 100 percent?
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What would cause a percent yield to be over 100 percent?

Impurities in the substance can cause a greater percent yield. I recommend redoing the lab for better results.


How do you obtain percent yield of a reaction?

the amount of product obtained over the amount possible multiplied by 100


How is percent yield caculated?

Percent yield = (actual yield/expected yield) x 100


If your experiment yield of acetanilide is greater than 100 percent how could this occur?

Theoretically hundred procent yield wouldn't be possible. Perhaps you did something wrong in your calculation? However: some other side-reaction may have taken place where acetanilide was also formed and therefore giving you a yield over hundred procent.


Is actual yield greater or less than the theoretical yield?

The percent yield is the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield. A mole ratio is a conversion factor derived from the coefficient of a balanced chemical equation interpreted in terms of moles.


Dividing the actual yield by the theoretical and multiplying it by 100 is called?

calculating the percent yield.


How do you find 85.0 percent in percent yield?

if you received 85.0 percent back from your product then your percent yield is 85 percent.


What is the percent yield of 122 grams of product?

If this is the actual yield, real amount produced, then you need the theoretical yield to find the percent yield. % yield = (actual yield / theoretical yield) x 100


Caco3 -------- cao plus CO2 1 what is the theoretical yield of cao if 24 point 8 g of caco3 were heated 2what is the percent yield if one was able to obtain 13 point 1 g of CaO in the above proces?

Caco3 -------- CaO plus CO2 what is the theoretical yield of cao if 24 point 8 g of caco3 were heated what is the percent yield if one was able to obtain 13 point 1 g of CaO in the above proces?


If the actual yield of Mg3N2 is 47.87 g and the theoretical is 50.26 g What is the percent yield?

Percent yield = Actual Yield / Theoretical Yield * 100 hope that helps :)


What if i don't know the yield percent?

Do you need it? Are you being told to calculate it? percent yield = (actual yield) divided by (theoretical yield) x 100


Why are chemists interested in theoretical and actual yields?

Theoretical yield is how much product it is possible to obtain, based on a chemical equation. The actual yield is how much product you ACTUALLY obtain from an experiment. Comparing them is important because they can point you toward improving your technique to maximize your yield (which is the usually something to strive for), and it can give you a maximum yield you can expect for a particular experimental technique. Love Chem