Industrially, vanadium metal, which is used in steel alloys, can be obtained by reacting vanadium(V) oxide with calcium at high temperatures:  5Ca + V2O5 --->5CaO + 2V   In one process, 1.540×103 g of V2O5 react with 2.100×103 g Ca.   (a) Calculate the theoretical yield of V.  _________ g   (b) Calculate the percent yield if 807.0 g of V are obtained.  __________ %   Report your answers to the correct number of significant figures.

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Industrially, vanadium metal, which is used in steel alloys, can be obtained by reacting vanadium(V) oxide with calcium at high temperatures:
 5Ca + V2O5 --->5CaO + 2V
 
In one process, 1.540×103 g of V2O5 react with 2.100×103 g Ca.
 
(a) Calculate the theoretical yield of V.
 _________ g
 
(b) Calculate the percent yield if 807.0 g of V are obtained.
 __________ %
 
Report your answers to the correct number of significant figures.

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