Actual Yield Calculator

Calculate actual yield, theoretical yield, and percent yield for chemical reactions.

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Yield Calculations

Key Formulas

Percent Yield = (Actual Yield / Theoretical Yield) × 100%

  • Actual Yield: Amount obtained experimentally
  • Theoretical Yield: Maximum possible amount
  • Percent Yield: Efficiency of reaction
  • Limiting Reagent: Reactant that runs out first

Factors Affecting Yield

  • • Incomplete reactions
  • • Side reactions
  • • Loss during purification
  • • Impurities in reactants
  • • Reaction conditions
  • • Human error

Typical Percent Yields

Organic Reactions

  • • Esterification: 60-90%
  • • Grignard reactions: 70-95%
  • • Friedel-Crafts: 50-80%
  • • Diels-Alder: 80-95%

Inorganic Reactions

  • • Precipitation: 85-98%
  • • Acid-base: 90-99%
  • • Redox reactions: 70-95%
  • • Complex formation: 80-95%

Industrial Processes

  • • Haber process: 10-20%
  • • Contact process: 95-98%
  • • Cracking: 60-80%
  • • Polymerization: 85-95%