In: Chemistry
Why my percentage yield is much less than 100%?
what couze that ?
You can have experimentally over 100% easily, I have it
all the time in my lab. This happens mostly because it is not dry,
if there are still extraneous solvents when working with microscale
reactions, it can really mess up your yields. essentially if it's
over 100% that means you have impurities.
to have less than 100% (which is probably the most common). Every
time you transfer a component or reaction to another container, you
lose some of your compound. A basic rule of thumb is to minimize
transfers.
Another way to have less than 100% is due to equilibrium. If you
are just running a straightup reaction, it'll be pretty much
impossible to get 100%. This is because you will reach the
equilibrium point of the reaction. You have to modify the
equilibrium to get 100%.
Another way to get less than 100% is by stopping the reaction
before it has completely reacted.
And of course the catch-all: Human error. Say you can't read a
graduated cylinder right, or forgot to tare the scale before you
used it.