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Calculations: Practical Yield and % Yield
Practical (Actual) Yield % Yield
◼ The actual yield is the amount of ◼ Chemists spend a lot of time and money
product produced by a reaction. improving their percent yield.
◼ It may be higher than a theoretical ◼ % Yield = ( ) ×
( )
yield because:
= ⋯ %
1. The recovered product contains
impurities that increase the
product's weight.
◼ In order to obtain the practical yield
you should purify, dry then weigh the
product.
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