LIMITING REACTANT AND PERCENT YIELD WORKSHEET

1. Aluminum metal replaces lead (II) nitrate to produce lead metal and aluminum nitrate. A 5.00 g sample aluminum is mixed with a 50.0 g sample of lead (II) nitrate.

Equation: a. Determine the limiting reactant.

b.

What mass of the excess reactant remains unchanged?

c.

What mass of lead is produced?

2.

Iron (II) sulfide reacts with hydrochloric acid to yield hydrogen sulfide and iron (II) chloride. A 2.0163 g sample of iron (II) sulfide reacts with 1.7167 g of hydrochloric acid.

Equation: a. Which is the limiting reactant?

b.

What mass of the excess reactant remains unchanged?

c.

What mass of hydrogen sulfide is produced?

3.

Zinc sulfide reacts with excess oxygen gas to yield zinc oxide and sulfur dioxide. 42.00 g of zinc sulfide react and experimentally produce 18.3 g of sulfur dioxide. Calculate the percent yield of sulfur dioxide.

4.

25.0 g of nickel react with 35.0 g of chromium (II) nitrate by catalytic single replacement.

Equation: a. Identify the limiting reactant.

b.

What mass of the excess reactant remains unchanged?

c.

What mass of chromium is produced?

5.

22.45 g of potassium hydroxide reacts with 12.49 g of hydriodic acid in a neutralization reaction.

Equation: a. Determine the limiting reactant.

b.

What mass of the excess reactant remains unchanged?

c.

What mass of potassium iodide is produced?

6.

Cobalt metal reacts with fluorine gas to produce cobalt (III) fluoride. A 50.0000 g sample of cobalt is added to a container holding an excess of fluorine gas, experimentally producing 68.5341 g of cobalt (III) fluoride. Calculate the percent yield of cobalt (III) fluoride.