The reactant that determines the amounts of the other reactants that can combine--and the amount of product that can form--in a chemical reaction.
(Hint: which one runs out first?)
What is the limiting reactant?
2Mg +O2 --> 2MgO How many moles of magnesium oxide are produced from 1.2 moles of magnesium?
What is 1.2 mol MgO?
How many moles of aluminum atoms are needed to combine with 1.58 mol of oxygen molecules to make aluminum oxide?
What is 2.1 mol Al?
Sodium and chlorine react to produce sodium chloride (table salt; MM=58.5 g/mol). Determine the amount of product that can be produced from 24.7 g of sodium and excess chlorine.
What is 62 g NaCl?
The ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield, multiplied by 100.
What is percent yield?
Ammonia, NH3, is widely used as a fertilizer and in many household cleaners. How many moles of ammonia are produced when 6 mol of hydrogen gas react with an excess of nitrogen gas?
What is 4 mol NH3?
Ammonia decomposes to produce nitrogen and hydrogen gases. How many moles of H2 can be formed by the decomposition of 0.145 moles of ammonia?
What is 0.218 mol H2?
Sodium hydroxide reacts with sulfuric acid (H2SO4; MM=98.1 g/mol) to form water and sodium sulfate. How many grams of sodium sulfate (MM=124 g/mol) will be formed from 200 g NaOH (MM=40 g/mol) and an excess of sulfuric acid?
What is 310 g Na2SO4?
States that mass is neither created nor destroyed during ordinary chemical or physical reactions. (This is why we balance chemical equations!)
What is the law of conservation of mass?
Hydrogen and oxygen gases react under a specific set of conditions to produce water. How many moles of oxygen would be required to produce 5.0 moles of water?
What is 2.5 mol O2?
Aluminum oxide reacts with iron to form Fe3O4 and Aluminum. Determine which is the limiting reactant (which one runs out first) when 5 moles of aluminum oxide reacts with 7 moles of iron.
What is iron?
When copper (II) chloride reacts with sodium nitrate, copper (II) nitrate and sodium chloride are formed. If 15 g CuCl2 (MM=134.5 g/mol) react with 20 g NaNO3 (MM=85 g/mol), how much sodium chloride (MM = 58.5 g/mol) can be formed?
What is 13.0 g NaCl?
This questions is worth 1000 points! SURPRISE! Chlorine gas reacts with potassium bromide to produce potassium chloride and bromine gas. How many grams of potassium chloride can be produced from 300. g each of chlorine and potassium bromide?
(Hint: there are two answers. Whichever one is smaller is correct)
What is 188 g KCl?