Nitrogen and hydrogen react to produce ammonia.
The equation for the reversible reaction is:
nitrogen+hydrogen⇌ammonia \text{nitrogen} + \text{hydrogen} \rightleftharpoons \text{ammonia} nitrogen+hydrogen⇌ammoniaThe reaction has a maximum theoretical yield of 500 kg500\text{ kg}500 kg of ammonia. A chemical plant actually produces 425 kg425\text{ kg}425 kg of ammonia.
Calculate the percentage yield of ammonia.
Use the equation:
percentage yield=mass of ammonia actually mademaximum theoretical mass of ammonia×100 \text{percentage yield} = \frac{\text{mass of ammonia actually made}}{\text{maximum theoretical mass of ammonia}} \times 100 percentage yield=maximum theoretical mass of ammoniamass of ammonia actually made×100