Question

Sodium carbonate, also known as soda ash, is used in glassmaking. It is obtained from a reaction between sodium chloride and calcium carbonate; calcium chloride is the other product. Calculate the percent yield of sodium carbonate if 92.6 g is collected when 112. g of sodium chloride reacts with excess calcium carbonate.

Answer 1

Answer:

The percentage yield of sodium carbonate is 91.47%

Explanation:

we start by writing the reaction equation:

2NaCl + CaCO3 ——-> Na2CO3 + CaCl2

From the reaction we can see that 2 moles of sodium chloride produced 1 mole of sodium carbonate

Let us calculate the actual number of moles of sodium chloride produced from 112 g of it

Mathematically,

number of moles = mass/molar mass

Molar mass of sodium chloride is 23 + 35.5 = 58.5 g/mole

So the number of moles of sodium chloride produced will be 112/58.5 = 1.91 moles

The number of moles of sodium carbonate produced is half of this = 1.91/2 = 0.955

The mass of sodium carbonate produced from 0.955 moles of it will be;

number of moles * molar mass

The molar mass of sodium carbonate is 106 g/mol

So the number of moles is = 0.955 * 106 = 101.23 g

Mathematically;

percentage yield = actual yield/theoretical yield * 100%

Percentage yield = 92.6/101.23 * 100% = 91.47%