Moles, excess and limiting reagents
Intros
Lessons
- Recap: Moles and chemical reactions.
- The limiting reagents.
- How to find limiting and excess reagents.
- Worked example: identify the limiting reagent.
Examples
Lessons
- Find the limiting reagent in a chemical reaction with known quantities.
Consider the reaction:2HO→2HO - Find the limiting reagent in a chemical reaction with known quantities.
Consider the reaction:2CH19O→12CO14HO - Find the limiting reagent in a chemical reaction with known quantities.
500 g of FeO is reacted with 750 g of C in the reaction:2FeO3C→4Fe3CO - Find the limiting reagent in a chemical reaction with known quantities.
45 g of Ca(PO) is reacted with 36 g C and 85 g SiO according to the reaction:2Ca(PO)6SiO10C→P6CaSiO10CO