Sulfur and oxygen react to produce sulfur trioxide. In a particular experiment, 7.9 grams of SO 3 are produced by the reaction of 6.0 grams of O 2 with 7.0 grams of S. What is the % yield of SO 3 in this experiment
We first write down the balanced reaction equation as shown in the image attached. Next we identify the limiting reactant from the given data. Oxygen is the limiting reactant in this case and it is the mass of oxygen reacted that is used in the estimation of the theoretical yield as shown in the image attached. The percentage yield is then calculated according to the formula shown in the image attachment.
