In an experiment you are performing, you are
told to measure out 2.3 grams of one reactant
and 4.5 grams of the other reactant. You
measure the exact amount of each substance
and put each in a separate beaker. The
procedures ask you to use Deionized pure
water to dissolve each of the reactants with
Next, you are told to pour one of the dissolved
reactants into the other and watch as the
reaction occurs creating a solid precipitate. To
measure the amount of precipitate/product
made, you must filter that solid using a funnel
and filter paper. You notice that there is a slight
tear in the filter paper and some solid moving
into the beaker below the filter funnel. When
the liquid completely filters away and you
measure the solid precipitate, do you expect
the percent yield of the experiment to be
higher or lower than 100% and Why?