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 2 (40 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
- Group 1 - Alkali Metals
- Group 7 - Halogens
- Halogen Displacement Reactions
- Group 0 - Noble Gases
- Reaction Rates
- Rate Experiments Involving Gases
- Rate Experiments Involving Precipitation
- Collision Theory
- Catalysts
- Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
- Measuring Temperature Changes
- Bond Energies
- Fractional Distillation
- Hydrocarbons
- Pollutants
- Cracking
- The Atmosphere
- The Greenhouse Effect
- Climate Change
