Limiting and Excess Reactants
Limiting and Excess Reactants
Limiting reactant (reagent)
• Limits the amount of product you can get from a reaction
• Will be used up in a reaction
Reactant in excess
• Will be left over after the reaction is complete
Eg. Consider the reaction
2Mg(s) + O2(g) ( 2MgO(s)
If I have 2 moles of Mg and 2 moles of oxygen gas, which is the limiting reactant?
Which reactant is in excess?
How many moles of the excess reactant will be left over after the reaction is complete?
How many moles of product will be formed in this reaction?
2. In the reaction:
N2(g) + 3H2(g) ( 2NH3(g)
If a container holds 1.0g of nitrogen gas and 0.5g of hydrogen gas . . .
a) which is the limiting reactant?
b) What volume of ammonia (at STP) will be produced by the above reaction?
3. A 5.0g chunk of calcium carbonate is dropped into 50.0mL of 0.25M hydrochloric acid.
CaCO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) ( CaCl2(aq) + CO2(g) + 2H2O(l)
a) Which reactant is in excess?
b) What mass of carbon dioxide will be produced by this reaction?
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