Question

please help calculate priduct yield and percent yield for FISCHER ESTERIFICATION OF LAURIC ACID lab

Product Yield? Percent Yield? 0.163 Lauric Acid weight of product = 0.0989

Answer 1

As we know that, if we have 0.163 Lauric acid then this is the maximum amount which product can form. So, the theoretical yield will be 0.163 g. But the amount of product formed = 0.095 g. It is also called the product yield. So, the product yield = 0.095 g which is also called as the actual yield. Then the % yield can be defined as below:-

% yield = (product yield or actual yield / theoretical yield) x 100 % yield = (0.095 g/0.163 g) x 100 = 0.583 x 100 % = 58.3 % So, % yield = 58.3 %.