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Theoretical yield from limiting reactant calculator

This theoretical yield from limiting reactant calculator turns the moles of a known limiting reagent into the maximum product mass a balanced reaction can produce.

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You supply the moles of the limiting reactant, the stoichiometric coefficient of that reactant, the stoichiometric coefficient of the product, and the product molar mass. The engine forms the mole ratio as product coefficient over limiting coefficient, multiplies by the limiting moles to get product moles, then multiplies by the product molar mass to report theoretical yield. Classic classroom checks include two moles of hydrogen limiting in the water synthesis with coefficients two and two and molar mass eighteen, which yields thirty-six mass units of water, and one mole of nitrogen limiting in ammonia synthesis with coefficients one and two and molar mass seventeen, which yields thirty-four mass units of ammonia. The engine uses only finite deterministic arithmetic with no network calls, no sampling, and no date-dependent shortcuts. Use it free in the browser for homework, lab prep, and yield planning, or call the API at $0.002 per successful request when you need reproducible theoretical-yield fixtures in CI, tutoring software, or teaching demos.

How to use it

Enter your values in the form above. The tool checks them before calculating and shows the result on the same page.

Check your inputs

Use the labels and units shown next to each field. If something is missing or outside the allowed range, the page points to the field to fix.

Use it again or automate it

Use the browser tool for individual checks and the API when you need the same capability in an automated workflow.

What you can do with it

Get an answer now

Enter one set of values and see the result without building a spreadsheet or script.

Compare scenarios

Change one value at a time and rerun the calculation to understand what affects the result.

Automate repeated work

Use the API when the same calculation needs to run inside your product or workflow.

FAQ

How do I use this capability?

Complete the fields above and run it on this page. The form highlights anything that needs attention.

For developers — API access

Everything on this page is available programmatically. This section is for teams who want to wire it into their own systems; everyone else can just use the tool above.

API endpoint

POSThttps://api.kit.forhosting.com/chem/theoretical-yield-from-limiting

Prefer to automate it? One authenticated POST creates the task; the result comes back by webhook or a signed link. The same capability also runs here on the web, by email and from Telegram — and soon from our app too.

Call it from your stack

curl -X POST https://api.kit.forhosting.com/chem/theoretical-yield-from-limiting \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KIT_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limiting_moles":2,"limiting_coeff":2,"product_coeff":2,"product_molar_mass":18}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/chem/theoretical-yield-from-limiting", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.KIT_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "limiting_moles": 2,
    "limiting_coeff": 2,
    "product_coeff": 2,
    "product_molar_mass": 18
  })
});
const { task_id } = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/chem/theoretical-yield-from-limiting",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KIT_KEY']}"},
    json={
    "limiting_moles": 2,
    "limiting_coeff": 2,
    "product_coeff": 2,
    "product_molar_mass": 18
},
)
task_id = res.json()["task_id"]

<?php
$res = file_get_contents("https://api.kit.forhosting.com/chem/theoretical-yield-from-limiting", false, stream_context_create([
  "http" => [
    "method"  => "POST",
    "header"  => "Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("KIT_KEY") . "\r\nContent-Type: application/json",
    "content" => '{"limiting_moles":2,"limiting_coeff":2,"product_coeff":2,"product_molar_mass":18}',
  ],
]));
$task = json_decode($res, true);

body := bytes.NewBufferString(`{"limiting_moles":2,"limiting_coeff":2,"product_coeff":2,"product_molar_mass":18}`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.kit.forhosting.com/chem/theoretical-yield-from-limiting", body)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("KIT_KEY"))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

Example request

{
  "limiting_moles": 2,
  "limiting_coeff": 2,
  "product_coeff": 2,
  "product_molar_mass": 18
}

Example response

{
  "task_id": "tsk_a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "type": "chem.theoretical_yield_from_limiting",
  "status": "queued",
  "_links": {
    "result": "/tasks/tsk_…/result"
  }
}

The API is asynchronous: the call returns a task_id immediately and the result arrives by webhook. Polling is capped at 1 req/s per task.

Pricing

Per request$0.002

Published price — no tokens, no invented credits. A failed task is never charged.

Limits

max_abs_value 1000000000000000

Errors

HTTP	Code	Meaning
`401`	`unauthorized`	Missing or invalid API key.
`402`	`insufficient_balance`	Your balance doesn't cover the task price.
`404`	`unknown_type`	That task type doesn't exist.
`429`	`rate_limited`	Too many requests. Use the webhook instead of polling.

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