Stoichiometry - Introduction to Theoretical Yield (with example)

Stoichiometry - Introduction to Theoretical Yield (with example). This video shows you how to calculate the theoretical and percent yield in chemistry. The theoretical yield is the maximum amount of product that can be produced in a reaction. The percent yield is equal to the actual yield divided by the theoretical yield times 100%. Limiting reactant is also called limiting reagent. The limiting reactant or limiting reagent is the first reactant to get used up in a chemical reaction. Once the limiting reactant or limiting reagent gets used up, the reaction has to stop and cannot continue. After the limiting reactant or limiting reagent is used up and the reaction stops, there is extra of the other reactants left over. Those are called the excess reactants. In this video, we'll first learn about limiting reactant and limiting reagent by comparing chemical reactions to cooking recipes. We'll look at how to calculate limiting reactant and limiting reagent using cooking ingredients, and then looking at an actual stoichiometry problem,