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A common method to produce ammonium nitrate, an important agricultural fertilizer, is to combine ammonium sulfate, (NH4)2SO4, with sodium nitrate, NaNO3, as shown in the following balanced equation. (NH4)2SO4(s) + 2 NaNO3(s) → Na2SO4(s) + 2 NH4NO3(s) If 684.7 g (NH4)2SO4 is reacted with excess NaNO3 and produces 772.1 g NH4NO3, what is the percent yield?
(NH4)2SO4(s) + 2 NaNO3(s) ---------------> Na2SO4(s) + 2 NH4NO3(s)
132.1395 g 160.09 g
684.7 g ??
theoretical yield of NH4NO3 = 684.7 x 160.09 / 132.1395
= 829.5 g
% yield = (actual yield / theoretical yield ) x 100
= (772.1 / 829.5 ) x 100
% yield = 93.1 %