Limiting Reactant, Theoretical Yield, Actual Yield, and Percent Yield

To summarize:

• Limiting reactant (or limiting reagent)—the reactant that is completely consumed in a chemical reaction

• Theoretical yield—the amount of product that can be made in a chemical reaction based on the amount of limiting reactant

• Actual yield—the amount of product actually produced by a chemical reaction.

• Percent yield—(actual yield/theoretical yield)×100%