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Rules in determining the limiting and excess reactant

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Limiting and Excess Reactant

Rules in determining the limiting and excess reactant

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Limiting and Excess

Reactant
Lesson 4
Limiting Reactant and Excess
Reactant
Limiting Reactant
It is the reactant that is completely used-up or
consumed in a chemical reaction. It is called the
limiting reactant because it limits the amount of
product formed in the reaction. Once it is consumed,
the reaction stops.

Excess Reactant
It is the reactant other than the limiting reactant.
It is the reactant that is left-over after chemical
reaction.
Limiting Reactant and Excess
Reactant

Example:
Calculate the mass of magnesium oxide possible if
2.40 g Mg reacts with 10.0 g O2.

Mg + O2 → MgO
Limiting Reactant and Excess
Reactant

Step 1: Balanced the equation.

2Mg + 1O2 → 2MgO


Limiting Reactant and Excess
Reactant
2Mg + 1O2 →
2MgO
Step 2: Convert the mass of reactant to grams of
MgO. Stoichiometry.

2.40 g Mg x x x = 3.98 g MgO

10.0 g O2 x x x =25.19 g MgO


Limiting Reactant and Excess
Reactant
Step 3: Identify the limiting reactant and Excess
reactant.
 The reactant that produces a smaller amount of product is the
limiting reactant.
 The reactant that produces a larger amount of product is the
excess reactant.
Limiting Reactant
Mg= 3.98 g MgOExcess Reactant
= 25.2 g MgO
Limiting Reactant and Excess
Reactant
Example #
2
1S8 (l) 4 Cl2 (g) 4 S2Cl2 (l)
If 200.0 g of sulfur (S8 )reacts with 100 g chlorine (Cl2),
what is the limiting reactant? What mass of (S2Cl2 ) is
produced?
Exercise

2 + 5 → 4 + 2O

Suppose 13.7 g of C2H2 reacts with 18.5 g O2 according


to the reaction. What is the mass of CO2 produced? What
is the limiting reagent? Calculate the amount of excess.
Exercise
2 + 5 → 4 + 2H2O

Suppose 13.7 g of reacts with 18.5 g according to the


reaction. What is the mass of produced? What is the limiting
reagent? Calculate the amount of excess.

Given:
13.7 g x x x = 46.31 g

18.5 g x x x = 20.35 g
Exercise
2 + 5 → 4 + 2H2O
Suppose 13.7 g of reacts with 18.5 g according to the reaction.
What is the mass of produced? What is the limiting reagent?
Calculate the amount of excess.
Given:
To solve the amount of excess

18.5 g O2 x x x =6.11 g

13.7 g -6.11 g = 7.59 g


Activity

Write the balanced equation for the reaction that occurs when iron
(II)
chloride is mixed with sodium phosphate forming iron (II)
phosphate and
sodium chloride. If 22 grams of iron (II) chloride reacts with 41
grams of sodium phosphate, (a)what is the limiting reagent based
on the amount of sodium chloride to be formed? (b) How much of
the excess reagent remains when this reaction has gone to
completion?

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