How boiling affects percent yield (Lab)?
If you were calculating the yield of copper sulfate based on the formula CuSO4, you will underestimate the theoretical yield. The most stable form of solid copper sulfate is a hydrate which has 5 molecules of water associated with each formula unit of CuSO4. It is often written “CuSO4.5H2O” to indicate that. Its molar mass will include those 5 molecules of water as well as the CuSO4 atoms. It really had nothing at all to do with the boiling or not boiling. That shouldn’t affect anything at all…
