Enter your answer in the provided box. Hydrogen fluoride is used in the manufacture of Freons (which destroy ozone in the stratosphere) and in the production of aluminum metal. It is prepared by the reaction CaF2 + H2SO4 –→ CaSO4 + 2HF In one process, 6.05 kg of CaF2 is treated with an excess of H2SO4 and yields 2.75 kg of HF. Calculate the percent yield of HF. % yield.

Enter your answer in the provided box. Hydrogen fluoride is used in the manufacture of Freons (which destroy ozone in the stratosphere) and in the production of aluminum metal. It is prepared by the reaction CaF2 + H2SO4 –→ CaSO4 + 2HF In one process, 6.05 kg of CaF2 is treated with an excess of H2SO4 and yields 2.75 kg of HF. Calculate the percent yield of HF. % yield.

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Chapter3: Stoichiometry

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