Given:
actual yield = 23.5 g
moles of H₂ = 13.0 mol
reactants: N₂ and H₂
product: NH₃
Required:
percent yield
Solution:
Step 1: Write the balanced chemical equation.
N₂ + 3H₂ → 2NH₃
Step 2: Calculate the molar mass of NH₃.
molar mass of NH₃ = (14.01 g/mol × 1) + (1.008 g/mol × 3)
molar mass of NH₃ = 17.034 g/mol
Step 3: Calculate the theoretical yield of the reaction by using dimensional analysis (factor-label method).
Since [tex]\text{3 mol} \: \text{H}_{2} \bumpeq \text{2 mol} \: \text{NH}_{3}[/tex], the theoretical yield of the reaction is
[tex]\text{theoretical yield} = \text{13.0 mol} \: \text{H}_{2} × \frac{\text{2 mol} \: \text{NH}_{3}}{\text{3 mol} \: \text{H}_{2}} × \frac{\text{17.034 g} \: \text{NH}_{3}}{\text{1 mol} \: \text{NH}_{3}}[/tex]
[tex]\text{theoretical yield = 147.628 g}[/tex]
Step 4: Calculate the percent yield.
[tex]\text{percent yield} = \frac{\text{actual yield}}{\text{theoretical yield}} × 100[/tex]
[tex]\text{percent yield} = \frac{\text{23.5 g}}{\text{147.628 g}} × 100[/tex]
[tex]\boxed{\text{percent yield} = 15.9\%}[/tex]
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