Following steps can be
followed for obtaining the mass of excess reactant and theoretical
yield
- Write the chemical equation.
- Calculate the moles of product from the first reactant.
- Calculate the moles of product from the second reactant.
- Identify the limiting reactant and the excess reactant.
- Calculate the mass of excess reactant used up.
- Calculate the mass of unused excess reactant.By performing
these steps we can easily obtain the mass of excess reactant that
remain unreacted.
And theoretical yield is the amount of product formed by the
corresponding amount of limiting reactant. hence simply find the
amount of product that can be obtained for the given limiting
reactant with the help of balanced chemical equation.