Chapter 8, Problem 94E

Silicon, which occurs in nature as SiO₂, is the material from which most computer chips are made. If SiO₂ is heated until it melts into a liquid, it reacts with solid carbon to form liquid silicon and carbon monoxide gas. In an industrial preparation of silicon, 52.8 kg of SiO₂ reacts with 25.8 kg of carbon to produce 22.4 of silicon. Determine the limiting reactant, theoretical yield and percent yield for the reaction.