Limiting Reactants

Question 1

In a chemical reaction, one reactant is completely consumed. The other is not. what best describes the reactant that is completely consumed?

Answer 1

It is the limiting reactant.

Question 2

To make a grilled cheese sandwich, you need two slices of bread, one slice of cheese, and one pat of butter. You have 10 slices of bread, 4 slices of cheese, and 6 pats of butter. How are the number of slices of cheese similar to a limiting reactant in a chemical reaction?

Answer 2

They are both in excess.

Question 3

Identify the first step in determining the amount of product formed in a chemical reaction if one of the reactants is limiting.

Answer 3

Determine the limiting reactant.

Question 4

In a given chemical reaction, 1 mol of sulfur reacts with 4 mol of chlorine. If 3.04 mol of chlorine and 2.00 mol of sulfur is available, what is true of the sulfur?

Answer 4

It is the excess reactant.

Question 5

to find limiting 4 steps

Answer 5

1 balance equation
2 convert g to mol
3 divide by the coffeswnt
2 reactant w smallest is the limiting