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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About........................................................................................................................i

What I Need to Know...................................................................................................................................ii
How to Learn from this Module................................................................................................................iii
Icons of this Module....................................................................................................................................iii

What I Know..................................................................................................................................................iv

Lesson 1:
Determining the Amount of Reactant and Product in a
Chemical Reaction......................................................................................................................1
What’s In .....................................................................................................1
What I Need to Know...................................................................................1
What’s New: Fishball anyone?.....................................................................2
What Is It: Stoichiometry .............................................................................2
What’s More: Stoich In Action .....................................................................4
What I Have Learned: Tell Me What You Know .........................................4
What I Can Do: Show Me What You Know .................................................5
Additional Activity: Let’s Go Online .............................................................5

Lesson 2:
Limiting and Excess Reagent........................................................................................6
What’s In.................................................................................................................6
What I Need to Know............................................................................................6
What’s New: Excess Baggage ...........................................................................7
What Is It: Limiting and Excess Reagent................................................... 7
What’s More: More Than Enough ............................................................. 9
What I Have Learned: Tell Me What You Know ……………………………. 9
What I Can Do: How Big is the Balloon …................................................. 10

Additional Activity: Let’s Go Online .............................................................10

Lesson 3:
Calculating Theoretical Yield and Percent Yield ....................................11

What’s In.............................................................................................................................11
 What I Need to Know......................................................................................................11
What’s New: Encircle Me ............................................................................................ 11
What Is It: Yield of the Reaction........................................................................ 12
What’s More: Solve, Solve, Solve..................................................................... 14
What’s More: Let’s Go Online............................................................................ 15
What I Have Learned: Tell Me What You Know …........................................ 15
What I Can Do: Step by Step..................................................................... 16

Summary ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Assessment: (Post-Test) ........................................................................................................................ 18
Key to Answers........................................................................................................................................... 20
References........................................................................................................................ 21
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What This Module is About

Chemical reactions are apparent in the things around us or in our daily activities. The
quantitative relationship of reactants and products in a chemical reaction is manifested for
example, when we bake a cake or bread, or cook a dish. We make sure that all the
ingredients are present and in correct proportions based from a recipe to make the desired
end-product. Same concept applies to chemical reactions. After learning how to balance a
chemical equation in module 3, this module will help you understand the mass relationships
of reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

The lessons contained in this module are as follows:

 Lesson 1: Determining the Amount of Reactant and Product in a Chemical
Reaction.
 Lesson 2: Limiting and Excess Reagent.
 Lesson 3: Calculating Theoretical Yield and Percent Yield in a Reaction.

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 What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Construct mole or mass ratios for a reaction in order to calculate the amount of
reactant needed or amount of product formed in terms of moles or mass.
(STEM_GC11MRIg-h-38);
2. Determine mass relationship in a chemical reaction (STEM_GC11MRIg-h-42).

3. Explain the concept of limiting reagent in a chemical reaction; identify the excess
reagent(s) (STEM_GC11MRIg-h-40);

4. Calculate percent yield and theoretical yield of the (STEM_GC11MRIg-h-39);

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How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know
Multiple Choice. Read and understand each question and select the letter of the best
answer from among the given choices.

1. Which of the following equations best represent the law of conservation of mass?
A. 1 A +2 B → 3 AB C. 6 A2 B → 12 A +B
B. 2 A 2 +8 B → 4 AB 2 D. 2 AB3 → 2 A+2 B

2. Which of the following statements is true about stoichiometric coefficient?

A. It is written to make the number of each element in a chemical equation the same
in the reactant and product side.
B. the sum of all coefficients in the left must be equal to the sum of all coefficients in
the right side of the equation.
C. It is the subscript written after each element.
D. None of the above.

3. In a chemical reaction, stoichiometry refers to:

A. Amount of materials consumed and products formed.
B. The activation energy
C. The rate or reaction
D. Reaction in equilibrium

For items 4 to 7, base your answer from the combustion of butane (C4H10) as shown in the
reaction:
2 C 4 H 10 ( g ) +13 O2 ( g ) → 8CO 2 ( g )+ 10 H 2 O(l)

4. What is the mole-mole factor of butane and water?

A. 10:2 C. 8:10
B. 2:13 D. 2:10

5. which pair has the mole-mole factor of 8:10?

A. Butane and oxygen C. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Carbon dioxide and water D. Water and butane

6. If 65.3 moles of oxygen gas are consumed, how many moles of carbon dioxide is
produced?
A. 526.4 moles C. 40.2 moles
B. 106.1 moles D. 8.16 moles

7. How many grams of C4H10 is needed to produce 37.8 moles of CO2?

A. 453.6 grams C. 2.607 grams
B. 548.1 grams D. 8769.6 grams

For items 8 to 11. In the reaction 2H 2 + CO → CH3OH, 6.8 g carbon monoxide gas was
made to react with 7.2 g of hydrogen gas. The reaction produced 5.2 g of methanol.

8. Which is the limiting reagent?

A. Hydrogen C. methanol
B. Carbon monoxide D. CO2

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9. What is the theoretical yield?
 A. 57.6 g C. 7.8 g
B. 50.4 g D. 6.8 g

10. What is the percent yield?

A. 76% C. 68%
B. 78% D. 67%

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 Lesson
Determining the Amount of
Reactant and Product in a
1 Chemical Reaction

What’s In

You have learned from the previous lesson that numerical coefficients are written
before a chemical formula in the reactants or products side in order to balance a chemical
equation. This numerical coefficient in a balanced chemical equation will be used to
determine how much of the reactants are needed to produce a certain amount of product or
how much product is produced given a certain amount of reactant. This lesson will introduce
you to the concept of mass to mole or mole to mole ratio to determine the amount of
reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

What I Need to Know

A balanced chemical equation indicates the number of moles required for each
reactant to produce a certain number of moles of the product/s. When you know the ratio of
the product to the reactants, it will be much easier to determine how much of the initial
materials are you going to prepare to achieve a specific amount of product. For instance,
you are selling fishballs in a stick for 10 pesos per stick. Each stick has 6 fish balls. If you
plan to sell 100 sticks of fishballs to reach a profit of 1000 pesos, excluding all other
materials like cooking oil and fuel, you will know that you needed to buy 100 pieces of
bamboo sticks and 600 pieces of raw fish balls from the market.

Similarly, when you have a balanced chemical equation, you will be able to predict
the amount of product/s formed from knowing the amount of the reactants. In the same
manner, knowing the amount of product/s formed will help you determine the amount of
initial reactant used up in a single chemical reaction.

In this lesson, you will learn to identify mole ratios of reactants and products from
balanced chemical equations and be able to perform stoichiometric calculations related to
chemical equations.

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 What’s New

Fishball anyone?

Directions: Let us use the given example previously to understand the concept of
determining the amount of reactants and products in a chemical reaction by answering the
questions below. Susan is selling fishballs in a stick for 10 pesos per stick. Each stick has 5
fish balls.
1. Write the equation of fish balls, bamboo stick and fishballs in a stick.

¿¿ Fish balls+ ¿ Barbeque stick ❑ →¿

2. If Susan has 100 fish balls, how many bamboo sticks will she need to consume all
the fish balls?
3. If Susan wants to make 50 fishballs in a stick, how many fish balls will she need?

What Is It
Stoichiometry

One of the requirements of a balanced chemical equation is that it follows the Law of
Conservation of Mass, which states that matter is neither created nor destroyed. The
identity and quantity of the elements in the reactants side, though they can change in pairing
or arrangement, must be equal to the identity and quantity of elements in the products side.
To do this, all elements in the left side of the equation must be reflected, and of the same
number in the right side of the equation. A stoichiometric coefficient is then added before
each element, ion or molecule to make the number of each element in the left side equal to
the number of the same element in the right side of the equation. This stoichiometric
coefficient denoted by a number, can be interpreted as the number of moles of each
substance. The mole method approach makes stoichiometry (the quantitative relationship
between reactants and products in a chemical reaction) more understandable. Let’s take for
example the formation of table salt or NaCl:

2Na(s) + 2HCl(aq) → 2NaCl(aq) + H2(g)

The stoichiometric coefficients in the equation denotes that 2 elemental sodium (Na)
react with 2 molecules of hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form 2 molecules of sodium chloride
(NaCl) and 2 molecules of hydrogen (H 2) gas. Following the mole method approach, the
equation can be interpreted and read as 2 moles of Na react with 2 moles of HCl to form 2
moles of NaCl and 1 mole of H2. Since the equation is balanced, the stoichiometric
coefficient for the reactants and products can be used in a ratio or mole-mole factor:
2 moles Na ≅ 2 moles NaCl
The symbol ≅ means “equivalent to”. Hence, we can make the following mole-mole
factor:
2 moles Na 2 moles HCl 2moles Na 2moles HCl 2moles NaCl
or or or or or
2moles NaCl 2moles NaCl 1 mole H 2 1 mole H 2 2 moles Na
1 mole H 2
2moles HCl
 Let’s consider a simple example. Ammonia, NH3, is a leading industrial chemical
used in the production of agricultural fertilizers and synthetic fibers. It is produced by the
reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen gases.
3 H 2 ( g )+ N 2 (g)→ 2 NH 3 ( g)

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As shown in the balanced equation, 3 moles of H 2 are stoichiometrically equivalent to
1 mole N2 and to 2 moles NH3. The ratio of moles H2 to moles NH3 in 3:2; the ratio of moles
N2 to moles NH3 is 1:2. Using this ratio, we will be able to calculate the quantities of the
product or reactant like the example below:
a. How many moles of H2 are needed to produce 26.5 moles of NH3?
Solution:
3 moles H 2
26.5 moles NH 3 X =39.8 moles H 2
2 moles NH 3

b. How many moles of NH3 will be produced if 33.7 moles of N2 reacts completely with H2?
Solution:
2 moles NH 3
33.7 moles N 2 X =67.4 moles NH 3
1mole N 2

Note: In using the mole-mole factor or ratio, the arrangement of the numerator and
denominator is done in a way that there is a cancellation of similar units found in the
numerator and denominator. In first example above, moles of NH 3 were cancelled while in
the second example, moles of N2 were cancelled.

The stoichiometric coefficients of the reactants and products can be used readily to
determine the mole-mole ratio of the substances involved. However, in laboratory setups,
the mass (in grams) of the substance are given or needed instead of moles for easy
measurement. In this type of problem, there is a need to convert the mass into number of
moles using the molar mass of the substance. Below are the steps used to convert grams to
moles or vice versa:
1. Convert the mass of the substance (A) to number of moles using its molar mass.
1 mole of A
mass of A ( g ) X =moles of A
molar mass of A (g)

2. Using the number of moles of substance A and the mole-mole ratio of substance A
and B from the balanced equation, compute for the number of moles of B.

moles B
moles of A X =moles of B
moles A

3. Convert the number of moles of substance B to mass using its molar mass.

molar mass of B (g)

moles of B X =mass of B (g)
1moles of B

The molar mass of the substance is used as a conversion factor to calculate the
number of moles of the substance given its mass and vice versa. The three steps can be
combined into a single step as follows:

1 mole of A moles of B molar mass of B (g)

mass of B ( g )=mass of A (g)X X X
molar mass of A( g) moles of A 1 mole of B
 In every conversion, like the steps shown above, similar units found in the numerator
and denominator are cancelled out. Let’s have another example: Solid lithium hydroxide is
used to remove carbon dioxide and is called a CO2 scrubber. The reaction is:

2 LiOH ( s )+CO 2 ( g ) → Li 2 CO 3 ( s ) + H 2 O(l)

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How many grams of CO2 can be absorbed by 236.2 g LiOH?
Solution:
1 mole LiOH 1mole CO2 44.01 gCO 2
mass of CO 2 ( g )=236.2 g LiOH X X X
23.949 g LiOH 2 moles LiOH 1mole CO2

mass of CO 2 ( g )=217.0 g

Note: Since the given value (236.1g) has 4 significant figures, the answer will also have 4
significant figures.

What’s More

Stoich in Action!
Direction: Use a separate sheet to show your computation for the following problems:
1. Rust, Fe2O3, form from the reaction of iron and oxygen in the following equation:
Fe ( s ) +O2 ( g ) → Fe2 O3 ( s )
(Molar mass: Fe:55.9, O:16)
a. Write the balanced equation of the reaction.
b. What is the mole-mole ratio of Fe to Fe2O3?
c. How many moles of Fe2O3 is produced from 39.4 moles of Fe?
d. What is the molar mass of Fe2O3?
e. How many grams of O2 are needed to produce 29.8 g of Fe2O3?

2. Given the decomposition reaction: 2 KClO3 ( s ) →2 KCl(s)+3 O2 ( g )

(Molar mass: K:39.1, Cl:35.5, O:16)
a. What is the mole-mole ratio of KClO3 to O2?
b. What is the molar mass of KClO3?
c. How many moles of KClO3 are needed to produce 36.6 moles of O2?
d. How many grams of KCl are produced from an initial mass of 568.4 g KClO3?

What I have learned

Tell me what you Know
Directions: In a separate sheet of paper, write your comprehensive understanding of
this lesson by answering the questions.
1. Make a process chart for determining or converting the given mass of the
reactant to number of moles of reactant to number of moles of product to
mass of the product.
2. How does an imbalanced chemical equation affect your calculation of the
amount of reactant or product in a chemical reaction?
 3. Describe how you would determine the mole-mole factor or ratio from a
chemical equation.
4. Explain and give an example of how you would arrange the units and ratio in
the conversion of mass to mole of reactants to products.
5. Site a situation in your daily life where you can apply the concept of
stoichiometry.

What I Can Do
Show Me What You Know

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your complete solution and answers
on a separate sheet of paper.
1. The fertilizer ammonium sulfate is prepared by the reaction between ammonia
and sulfuric acid:
2 NH 3 ( g)+ H 2 SO4 (aq)→¿ ¿

a. What is the molar mass of NH3?

b. What is the molar mass of (NH4)2SO4?
c. What is the mole-mole ratio of NH3 to (NH4)2SO4?
d. How many moles of ammonium sulfate is produced when 638.4 g of NH 3
reacts completely with H2SO4?
e. How many grams of NH3 is needed to produce 50.0 g of (NH4)2SO4?

2. In the fermentation process, ethanol is produced from decomposition of glucose.

C 2 H 12 O6 → C2 H 5 OH +CO 2
Glucose Ethanol Carbon dioxide
a. Write a balanced chemical equation of the decomposition of glucose.
b. What is the mole-mole ratio of glucose (C 2 H 12 O6 ) to ethanol (C 2 H 5 OH )
c. What is the molar mass of glucose?
d. What is the molar mass of ethanol?
e. How much ethanol is produced from the starting material of 987.1 g of
glucose?

Additional Activity

Let’s go online!

Directions: Go to the link below and practice what you’ve learned from this lesson:
https://bit.ly/2Ce7nkm
https://bit.ly/2Ce7z34
https://bit.ly/2ZbtkJD
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Lesson

2 Limiting and Excess Reagent

What’s In

You have learned from lesson 1 that you can predict the amount of product produced
given the initial amount of reactant, the mole-mole factor and the molar mass. The amount of
initial reactant required to produce the desired amount of product can also be computed in
the same manner. In a real scenario however, the amount of the reactants involved in the
reaction are not exactly available according to the proportion stoichiometrically identified
from the balanced equation. How to determine which of the reactants is present in excess or
which reactant is used up first in the reaction will be discussed in this lesson.
.

What I Need to Know

Suppose you are preparing cheeseburgers following strictly the proportions: 1 burger
bun, 1 patty and 1 slice of cheese to produce 1 cheeseburger. The number of
cheeseburgers produced depends largely on the availability of materials. There could be
instances where all the ingredients are present in exact proportion, so there are no excess
materials. Oftentimes, the number of buns, cheese slices and patties are not the same. You
may have bought more buns than patties or there are more cheese slices than buns. The
ingredients present in the least amount will determine how many cheeseburgers will be
produced while the ingredient present in excess will have leftovers after making
cheeseburgers.

In the same analogy, in a chemical reaction, the amount of reactants are not present
in the exact stoichiometrically determined ratio. In this lesson, you will learn how to
determine which reactant is present in excess and which reactant is used up first in a
reaction.
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What’s New

Excess Baggage

Directions: The table below shows the primary materials needed to produce the items in the
first column. With the given available materials, identify how many items are produced,
which materials are in excess and how many are left of the available materials.

Item Required Available materials Produced Excess

set materials
Bicycle 1 bike frame, 2 tires 68 bike frames, 117
2 pedals, 1 crank tires, 250 pedals, 72
arm, 1 brake set crank arm, 93 brake
set
Banana 2 bananas, 1 236 bananas, 150
Cue barbecue stick, ½ barbecue stick, 25
cup brown sugar cups brown sugar
Cheese 1 burger bun, 1 beef 324 burger buns, 12
burger patty, 1 slice of dozens beef patties,
cheese 261 slices of cheese
Table 1 table top, 4 legs, 8 20 table tops, 50
nuts, 8 screws legs, 50 nuts, 50
screws
Milk tea 1 bag of black tea, 15 tea bags, 3 liters
250 ml water, 1/8 water, 2 cups milk,
cup milk, 2 tbsp 30 tbsp sugar, 4
sugar, ¼ cup cups tapioca pearls
tapioca pearls

What Is It

Limiting and Excess Reagent

When a chemical reaction is carried out in a flask, the amount of reactants are not
always present in the exact proportion stoichiometrically determined from the balanced
equation. To make sure that all of the more expensive reagent is completely used up and
converted to the desired product, chemists usually add the cheaper reagent in excess
quantity. The reagent that has completely reacted and used up in a reaction is called the
limiting reagent. The excess reagent is the reactant that is present in quantity higher than
what is required to react with the limiting reagent. For instance, you are preparing a ball
dance for your 18th birthday consisting of pairs of male and female. Upon checking your list
of friends, you found out that you have 18 male friends and 25 female friends. The number
of male friends will limit the number of pairs to 18. All the males will have a partner while
there will be 7 females who will not have a partner for the dance.
Let’s use that context to the balanced chemical equation below:
3 H 2 ( g )+ N 2 ( g ) →2 NH 3 (g)

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Ammonia, NH3, is synthesized from the reaction of H2 and N2 gases. Suppose 6
moles of H2 was initially mixed with 4 moles of N 2 gas at high pressure. To determine which
of the 2 reactants is the limiting reagent, the amount of NH 3 produced must be computed
given the number of moles of H2 and N2 and the mole-mole factor from the balanced
equation.

2 moles NH 3
moles NH 3=¿ moles of H 2 X
3 moles H 2

2 moles NH 3
moles NH 3=6 moles of H 2 X
3 moles H 2
moles NH 3=4 moles

2 moles NH 3
moles NH 3=moles of N 2 X
1 mole N 2

2 moles NH 3
moles NH 3=4 moles of N 2 X
1 mole N 2

moles NH 3=8 moles

From the computed values we determined that if 6 moles of H 2 completely reacts with
N2, it can produce 4 moles of NH 3 while 4 moles of N2 can produce 8 moles of NH3 when
fully used up. Since there is less amount of NH 3 produced with 6 moles of H2 than 4 moles of
N2, H2 gas is the limiting reagent while the N2 gas is the reagent in excess. To determine
how much of the 4 moles of N2 is in excess, we will use the mole-mole factor of N2 and H2.
1 mole N 2
moles N 2=6 moles of H 2 X
3 moles H 2
moles N 2=2 moles

The number of moles of N2 required to fully react to 6 moles of H 2 is only 2 moles.

Thus, the initial 6 moles of N2 has an excess of 4 moles.

excess N 2=6 moles−2 moles=4 moles

Let’s have another example. The combustion of ethane produces carbon dioxide and
water shown in the reaction below:
2 C2 H 6 +7 O2 → 4 CO 2 +6 H 2 O
1. How many moles of CO2 is produced with 56.2 moles C2H6 and 73.4 moles of O2?
Solution:
4 moles CO 2
moles CO 2=56.2 moles of C 2 H 6 X
2 moles C 2 H 6
moles CO 2=112.4 moles
 4 moles C O 2
moles CO 2=73.4 moles of O2 X
7 moles O2
moles CO 2=41.9 moles

2. Which reagent is the limiting reagent? Which is the excess reagent?

Limiting reagent is O2 while the excess reagent is C 2 H 6 .
3. How many moles of C 2 H 6 is in excess?
Moles of C 2 H 6 required for 73.4 moles on O2:
2 moles C 2 H 6
moles C 2 H 6=73.4 moles of O2 X
7 moles O2
moles C 2 H 6=20.9 moles

Excess C 2 H 6 : 56.2 moles – 20.9 moles = 35.3 moles

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Note: If the amount of the initial reactant is expressed in grams (mass) instead of moles, the
number of moles must first be converted into grams using the molar mass of the reactant as
you have learned in the previous lessons. In the same manner, if the problem asks to
determine the mass (in grams) of the product produced by the reaction, the number of moles
of the product must be converted into grams using the molar mass of the product.

What’s More
More Than Enough
Directions: Read carefully the following problems. Find what is asked for each problem.
Write your complete solution and answer in a separate sheet of paper.

1. In the production of Zinc sulfide, 36.8 g of zinc is made to react with 19.4 g of sulfur.
Zn+ S → ZnS
a. How many moles of ZnS is produced when sulfur is completely used up?
b. How many grams of ZnS is produced when zinc is completely used up?
c. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?
d. How many grams of the excess reagent is left?

2. An aqueous solution of NaOH can dissolve an aluminum sheet in the reaction:

2 Al +2 NaOH +2 H 2 O →2 NaAl O2+ 3 H 2

If 126.4 g of NaOH is 97.7 g of Al are made to react,

a. How many moles of NaAlO2 is produced if 126.4 g of NaOH reacts completely?
b. How many grams of NaAlO2 is produced using the same amount of NaOH?
c. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?
d. How many grams of the excess reagent is left?

3. Ferric chloride, FeCl3, reacts with silver nitrate, AgNO3 to form ferric nitrate, Fe(NO3)3 and
silver chloride, AgCl.
a. Write the balanced chemical equation of the reaction.
b. If 108.5 moles of FeCl3 is combined with 76.8 moles of AgNO3, how many moles of
AgCl is produced?
c. How many grams of AgCl is produced?
d. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?
e. Which reactant is the excess reagent?

What I Have Learned

Tell Me What You Know
Directions: Based on what you have learned from this lesson, write a concise explanation of
the following questions. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is the role of the stoichiometric coefficient in a balanced chemical equation to the
determination of the limiting reactant?
2. Why is it that in most cases, the amounts of reactants and products are indicated in grams
instead of the number for moles.
3. How do you determine the limiting reactant in a chemical reaction?
4. If a chemical reaction involves only one reactant, will there be a limiting reagent?
5. Site one (1) real-life situation where you added more than what is needed to produce
something. Make justifications why you have to do it.

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What I Can Do

How big is the balloon!

Directions: This activity is a simple application of the concept of limiting and excess
reactants that you can do at home. Follow the instruction properly, observe what happens to
the balloon after mixing the baking soda and vinegar then answer the guide questions below.
For this simple experiment, you will need the following items:
 3 350mL empty plastic water bottles
 Vinegar
 Baking soda
 3 balloons
 funnel
Procedure:
1. Collect, clean, and dry three (3)1 350 ml water bottles. Label the bottles 1, 2 and 3
2. Pour 5 tablespoons vinegar into bottle 1, 10 tablespoons into bottle 2 and 15
tablespoons into bottle 3.
3. Fit the funnel into the opening of the balloon and carefully put 1 tablespoon of baking
soda into each balloon.
4. Carefully press the balloon to remove extra air inside without spilling the baking soda.
5. Fit the balloon snugly into the lip or opening of the water bottle. Make sure that the
baking soda does not fall into the bottle while doing this. If the balloon is loosely fit
into the bottle, use rubber bands to ensure that air is trapped inside the bottle.
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 for the other 2 balloons and water bottles.
7. Stretch the balloon over the top of the bottle to slowly pour the baking soda into the
vinegar. The baking soda will react with vinegar as shown in the equation:

C 2 H 4 O2 + NaHCO 3 → NaC 2 H 3 O2 + H 2 O+CO 2

Acetic acid Sodium Sodium water Carbon
bicarbonate acetate dioxide
8. Record your observations then answer the questions below.
9. Clean your work area and dispose the materials properly.

After performing the activity. answer the following questions. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. When baking soda was mixed with vinegar, effervescence (fizzing or bubbling) was
observed. What caused the effervescence?
2. How can you conclude that the reaction has gone to completion?
3. Which balloon has the least amount of air inside?
4. Which balloon has the most air inside?
5. Will the balloon size grow bigger if more vinegar is in the bottle? Why?
 6. Will it take more time to complete the reaction if there were more vinegar in the bottle
with the same amount of baking soda?
7. Which is the limiting reagent?
8. Which is the reagent in excess?

Additional Activity

Let’s go online!
Directions: Go to the link below and practice what you’ve learned from this lesson:
https://bit.ly/309SojJ
https://bit.ly/3fGoF8g
https://bit.ly/3fui4ht
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Lesson Calculating Theoretical Yield and Percent

3 Yield in a Reaction

What’s In

In your previous lessons, you were taught on how to calculate molecular formula
given molar mass, write and balance chemical equations and construct mole or mass ratios
for a reaction with stoichiometry in order to determine the amount of reactants needed to
form the products.
In this lesson, you will learn how to differentiate the theoretical, actual, and percent
yield as well as the process on how to calculate them using stoichiometry.

What I Need to Know

Ideally, in a chemical reaction, it is predicted to produce a 100% yield of the product

from the given reactants. But in reality, it is not that easy to achieve. Most of the chemical
reactions obtain are less than the 100% yield of the product/s due to several factors that
could affect the reaction process such as; experimental errors, incomplete reactions,
unexpected side reactions, amount of the reactant/s, undesirable by-product/s, other
external factors, etc. For you to be able to eliminate all of these contributory factors, you
have to obtain an “ideal environment” during the experimentation to achieve 100% yield,
which is close to impossible to attain under normal conditions.

In order to evaluate the success of a chemical reaction, you need to determine the
percent yield by calculating the theoretical yield and the actual yield of the reaction process.
 What’s New

Encircle Me…

Direction: In this chemical equation, identify and encircle the following parts
indicated in the first column. You may use another sheet of paper or you may answer
directly on this page. That is why the font is big so that it would be easier for you to
encircle.
2NH4NO3(s) → 2N2(g) + 4H2O(g) + O2(g)

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Direction of the
Reaction
2NH4NO3(s) → 2N2(g) + 4H2O(g) + O2(g)

Product/s
2NH4NO3(s) → 2N2(g) + 4H2O(g) + O2(g)

Reactant/s
2NH4NO3(s) → 2N2(g) + 4H2O(g) + O2(g)

Subscripts
2NH4NO3(s) → 2N2(g) + 4H2O(g) + O2(g)

Coefficients
2NH4NO3(s) → 2N2(g) + 4H2O(g) + O2(g)

What Is It

Yield of the Reaction

Chemical reaction is a process in which substance/s interact chemically to produce a

new substance/s with different compositions. It is represented by a chemical equation.
Substance/s at the left side of the equation is/are called the reactant/s while the substance/s
located at the right side of the equation is/are called the product/s. Chemical properties of
the element or compound as reactant/s dictate the process in which an element or
compound undergoes changes during the reaction.

Evaluation of the percent yield is important to measure the success of a chemical

reaction. Percent yield is the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield expressed as a
percentage. So, how are you going to compute for the percent yield of a chemical reaction?
You have to know the values of the theoretical yield and the actual yield of the reaction.
Following the formula of:
 Actual Yield
Percent Yield= X 100 %
Theoretical Yield

Theoretical yield is the amount of product that is expected to form based on

stoichiometry. It is the maximum amount of product produced from the given amount/s of
reactant/s. It is calculated based on the stoichiometry of the chemical reaction. While the
actual yield is the amount of product produced during the reaction. It is the amount of
product obtained after the actual reaction and it is normally lesser than the theoretical yield.
It is determined experimentally.

These are the steps in calculating the percent yield of a chemical reaction:
1. Balance the given chemical equation
2. Identify the limiting reactant and the excess reactant
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3. Compute for the theoretical yield of the reaction
4. Calculate the percent yield
You can continue solving when asked:
a. Percent error
b. Amount of excess reactant

Sample problem on how to compute the Percent Yield:

(This is adapted and modified from https://bit.ly/3jR1VoT)

Potassium chlorate decomposes upon slight heating in the presence of a catalyst according
to the reaction below:

KClO3(s) → KCl(s) + O2(g)

In a certain experiment, 40.0g KClO3 is heated until it completely decomposes. What is the
theoretical yield of oxygen gas? The experiment is performed and the oxygen gas is
collected and its mass is found to be 14.9g. What is the percent yield for the reaction?

Solution:

Step 1. Balance the given equation. You were taught on how to balance an equation from
your
module 3.
KClO3(s) → KCl(s) + O2(g) (Unbalance)
2KClO3(s) → 2KCl(s) + 3O2(g) (Balanced)

Step 2. Compute for the limiting reactant. You were taught on how to compute for the limiting
and excess reactants from module 4, lesson 2. (In this case, there is no limiting
reactant since the chemical reaction is decomposition).

Step 3. Calculate the theoretical yield based on the stoichiometry.

Step 3a. List the known quantities and plan the problem.

Known

 Given: Mass of KClO3 = 40.0 g

 Molar mass KClO3 = 122.55 g/mol
 Molar mass O2 = 32.00 g/mol

Unknown
  Theoretical yield
 Percent yield

Apply stoichiometry to convert from the mass of a reactant to the mass of a product:

g KClO3 → mol KClO3 → mol O2 → g O2

Step 3b. Solve.

40.0 g KClO3 × 1 mol KClO3 × 3 mol O2 × 32.00 g O2 = 15.7 g O2

122.55 g KClO3 2 mol KClO3 1mol O2

The theoretical yield of O2 is 15.7 g

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Now, you will use the actual yield and the theoretical yield to calculate the percent
yield.

Step 1. List the known quantities and solve the problem.

Known

 Actual yield =14.9 g

 Theoretical yield =15.7 g

Unknown

 Percent yield = ?%

Percent Yield = Actual Yield × 100%

Theoretical Yield

Use the percent yield equation above.

Step 2. Solve.

Percent Yield = 14.9 g × 100% = 94.9%

15.7 g

What’s More

Activity 1: Solve, Solve, Solve…

Direction: Determine the theoretical yield and the actual yield, given the information in each
question. You must show your work, including units, through each step of the calculations.
Use separate papers for your answers for these set of problems. (These problems are
adapted and modified from https://bit.ly/2W18laC).

1. Cl2(g) + Al(s) AlCl3(s)

70.90 g/mol 26.98 g/mol 133.33 g/mol
 a. Calculate the theoretical yield of aluminum chloride (in grams) that can be
produced from 10.00 grams of aluminum metal.
b. An experiment was performed and obtained 25.23 grams of aluminum chloride.
Determine the percent yield of aluminum chloride.
c. Determine the percent error.
d. Compute for the excess amount of the excess reactant.

2. V(s) + O2(g) V2O3(s)

50.94 g/mol 32.00 g/mol ∆ 149.88 g/mol

a. Calculate the theoretical yield of vanadium (III) oxide, assuming you begin
with 200.00 grams vanadium metal.

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b. After the experiment is performed, an experimental yield of 183.2 grams is
produced. Calculate the percent yield for this experiment.
c. Determine the percent error.
d. Compute for the excess amount of the excess reactant.

3. KI(aq) + H2O(l) + KMnO4(aq) I2(s) + MnO2(s) + KOH(aq)

166.0 /mol 18.02 g/mol 158.03 g/mol 253.80 g/mol 86.97 g/mol 56.11 g/mol

a. Calculate the mass of manganese (IV) oxide that can be synthesized from
15.00 grams of potassium iodide.
b. Calculate the percent yield of this experiment if a mass of 1.982 grams of
manganese (IV) oxide is produced.
c. Determine the percent error.
d. Compute for the excess amount of the excess reactant.

Activity 2: Let’s Go Online…

Direction: Refer to the following sites/links for further discussions on how to calculate the
theoretical yield using stoichiometry and percent yield using the formula. Give your
comprehensive summary and personal reflection on what you have learn from the videos.
Write your answers on a separate paper.

https://bit.ly/3gEnN4f
https://bit.ly/2CjAYIS
https://bit.ly/3edzFIM
https://bit.ly/3faDK1W

What I Have Learned

Tell Me What You Know

Based on what you have learned from this lesson, briefly discuss the following questions.
Limit your answers to 3-5 sentences. Use a separate paper for your answers.

1. Why is it important to calculate the percent yield in a chemical reaction?

2. In a chemical reaction, explain the difficulty in obtaining the theoretical yield.
3. Discuss the reason why is it, that the actual yield is often lesser than the theoretical
yield?
4. Which is more important to determine in a chemical reaction, the limiting reactant or
the excess reactant? Elaborate your answer.
5. Why do you need to balance first the chemical equation before proceeding to the
calculations of theoretical yield and percent yield?

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What I Can Do

Step-by-step…

Direction: Carefully read the following word problems. From the knowledge and skills in
computation that you have acquired in this lesson, do the following:

a. Balance the chemical equation;

b. Identify the limiting reactant and the excess reactant if applicable;
c. Compute for the theoretical yield;
d. Determine the percent yield of the reaction;
e. Calculate the percent error and
f. Compute for the excess amount of the excess reactant if applicable.
g. Show the complete solutions for your answers in a separate paper.

1. Eighty grams of Silver was obtained from one hundred and forty grams of Silver
nitrate. The Silver metal is prepared by reducing its nitrate. The chemical equation of
the reaction is:

Cu(s) + AgNO3(aq) Cu(NO3)2(aq) + Ag(s)

2. A hundred grams of Sulfuric acid yielded ten grams of water.

H2SO4(l) H2O(l) + SO3(l)

3. Fifty grams of Chlorine reacts completely with Phosphorus obtaining ninety grams of
the product.
P4(s) + Cl2(g) PCl3(l)

4. Aspirin is one of the products when you mix Salicylic acid and Acetic anhydride. One
kilogram of Salicylic acid produced one thousand and two hundred grams of Aspirin.
C7H6O3(s) + C4H6O3(l) C9H8O4(s) + CH3COOH(l)
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Summary

The Law of Conservation of Mass provides that the amount of substances formed
(product) in a chemical reaction must be equal to the amount of the initial materials
(reactants). The stoichiometric coefficient balances the number of elements present in the
left and right side of the equation. This coefficient can be used to determine the mole-mole
factor or ratio between and among substances involved (both product and reactant). The
mole method approach makes stoichiometric calculation easier by expressing the known
and unknown quantities in moles then convert it to grams using the molar mass of the
substance. In some reactions, an excess amount of a less expensive reagent (reagent in
excess) is added to make sure that the more expensive reagent is completely converted to
product. The chemical reaction will stop when all the limiting reagent is used up. Most of
the time, the expected amount of product (theoretical yield) is not the same as the actual
amount produced in the reaction (actual yield). The efficiency of the conducted reaction is
determined by computing the percent yield which is the ratio of the actual yield and the
theoretical yield multiplied by 100. The closer the value of the percent yield to 100, the more
efficient is the reaction.
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 Assessment: (Post-Test)

Directions. Read and understand each question and select the letter of the best answer
from among the given choices.

1. Which of the following equations best represent the law of conservation of mass?
A . A +2 B → 3 AB C. 6 A2 B → 12 A +B
B. 2 A 2 +8 B → 4 AB 2 D. 2 AB3 → 2 A+2 B

2. Which of the following statements is true about stoichiometric coefficient?

A. It is written to make the number of each element in a chemical equation the same
in the reactant and product side.
B. the sum of all coefficients in the left must be equal to the sum of all coefficients in
the right side of the equation.
C. It is the subscript written after each element.
D. None of the above.

3.. In a chemical reaction, stoichiometry refers to:

A. Amount of materials consumed and products formed.
B. the activation energy
C. the rate or reaction
D. reaction in equilibrium

For items 4 to 6. In the reaction 2H2 + CO → CH3OH, 6.8 g carbon monoxide gas was made
to react with 7.2 g of hydrogen gas. The reaction produced 5.2 g of methanol.

4. Which is the limiting reagent?

A. Hydrogen C. methanol
B. Carbon monoxide D. CO2

5. What is the theoretical yield?

A. 57.6 g C. 7.8 g
B. 50.4 g D. 6.8 g
6. What is the percent yield?
A. 76% C. 68%
B. 78% D. 67%

For items 7 to 10, base your answer from the combustion of butane (C4H10) as shown in the
reaction:
2 C 4 H 10 ( g ) +13 O2 ( g ) → 8CO 2 ( g )+ 10 H 2 O(l)

7. What is the mole-mole factor of butane and water?

A. 10:2 C. 8:10
B. 2:13 D. 2:10

8. which pair has the mole-mole factor of 8:10?

A. Butane and oxygen C. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
B. Carbon dioxide and water D. Water and butane

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 9. If 65.3 moles of oxygen gas are consumed, how many moles of carbon dioxide is
produced?
A. 526.4 moles C. 40.2 moles
B. 106.1 moles D. 8.16 moles

10. How many grams of C4H10 is needed to produce 37.8 moles of CO2?
A. 453.6 grams C. 2.607 grams
B. 548.1 grams D. 8769.6 grams

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 Key to Answers

Pretest Post Test

1. B
1. B 2. A
2. A 3. A
3. A 4. B
4. D 5. C
5. B 6. D
6. C 7. D
7. B 8. B
8. B 9. C
9. C 10. B
10. D

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