Limiting Reactants Flashcards
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What is meant by the term ‘limiting reactant’?
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The reactant that is used up first in a reaction - it limits the amount of product formed
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(Exam-style question)
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Science - Chemistry Paper 1 (46 decks)
- Chemical Equations
- Chemical Equations involving Ions
- Hazards and Risks
- The History of the Atom
- The Atom
- Isotopes and Relative Atomic Mass
- The Periodic Table
- Electronic Configurations
- Ions
- Ionic Bonding
- Ionic Compounds
- Covalent Bonding
- Giant Covalent Structures and Fullerenes
- Metallic Bonding
- Conservation of Mass
- Relative Masses and Chemical Formulae
- Moles
- More Calculations
- Calculating Empirical Formulas
- Limiting Reactants
- Balancing Equations using Masses
- States of Matter
- Changes of State
- Purity
- Distillation
- Filtration and Crystallisation
- Chromatography
- Interpreting Chromatograms
- Water Treatment
- Acids and Bases
- Strong and Weak Acids
- Reactions of Acids
- Making Insoluble Salts
- Making Soluble Salts
- Electrolysis
- Predicting Products of Electrolysis
- Electrolysis of Copper Sulfate
- The Reactivity Series
- Reactivity of Metals
- Displacement Reactions
- Extracting Metals Using Carbon
- Other Methods of Extracting Metals
- Recycling
- Life Cycle Assessments
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Le Chatelier's Principle
