Using the limiting reagent

now that you know what the limiting reagent is, and how to find it, you can move on to using the limiting reagent. 


A theoretical yield is a prediction of how much product will be produced in an ideal situation however, we do not live in an ideal world. the amount of the actual yield will be less than predicted. An actual yield is the real amount produced. 


in theory we can say that Xg + Yg = Xg + Yg but this is ideal, some atoms will be lost along the way. Industries need things quickly, so they sacrifice some of the yield. for example in a koolade factory when they are mixing their koolade they are not going to spend the time to make sure that every last granule of koolade mix is out of the mixing pot, they will dump it out quickly and sacrifice those few granules for time.