Calculating Percent Yield 013
Channel: Professor Heath's Chemistry Channel
Date: 28/09/2012

Ethyl alcohol is prepared industrially by the reaction of ethylene, C2H4, with water. What is the percent yield of the reaction if 4.6 g of ethylene gives 4.7 g of ethyl alcohol?

C2H4 (g) + H2O (l) → C2H6O (l)