Question

Billions of pounds of urea are produced annually for use as a fertilizer
The reaction used is
2NH3+CO2=CO(NH2)2+H2O
The typical starting mixture has 3:1 mole ratio of NH3 to CO2 .If 47.7grams urea form per mole of CO2 that reacts what is the
A:Theoretical yield
B:Actual yield

Answer 1

theoretical yield is 1 mol urea for 1 mol CO2. Theoretical yield of urea is 60 g for 1 mol CO2. Actual yield is 47.7/60. Multiply by 100 to convert to %yield.

Answer 2

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