Assume you perform the procedure outlined in the experiment "% Yield of Sodium Carbonate". The reaction is as follows:
NaHCO3(s) ā Na2CO3(s) + CO2(g) + H2O(g).
You weigh out 1.4895 g baking soda (NaHCO3), heat it, and are left with 1.0026 g of solid (Na2CO3)
ACTUAL YIELD
Calculate the total mass of gases that was actually produced in the experiment. Remember you were left with 1.0026 g Na2CO3 after the gases disappeared.
THEORETICAL YIELD
1) Balance the reaction equation above.
2) Calculate the total theoretical mass of gases that should have been produced.
a) How much CO2 gas should be produced from 1.4895 g NaHCO3?
b) How much H2O gas should be produced from 1.4895 g NaHCO3?
c) How much gas altogether should be produced? (add them up)
% YIELD
Calculate your percent yield of gases. The formula is:
actual yield / theoretical yield * 100%