Limiting/Excess/Percent Yield

You need 2 pieces of bread, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and 2 tablespoons of jelly to make a sandwich.  If you have 10 pieces of bread, 4 tablespoons of peanut butter and 20 tablespoons of jelly, what is the limiting reactant?

• bread
• jelly
• peanut butter
• sandwich

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NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Identify the limiting reagent when 6.00 moles HCl combines with 5.00 moles Mg to form MgCl₂.
 
1 Mg +  2 HCl --> 1 MgCl₂  +  1 H₂   
 

• Mg
• H₂
• MgCl₂
• HCl

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

The limiting reactant . . .

• slows the reaction down.
• is used up first.
• is the reactant that is left over.
• controls the speed of the reaction.

Identify the limiting reagent when 6.00 g HCl combines with 5.00 g Mg to form MgCl₂.

Mg + 2HCl --> MgCl₂ + H₂

• Mg

• H₂

• MgCl₂

• HCl

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

P₄ + 3O₂ --> P₄O₆ 
What is the limiting reactant is 12 moles of P₄ react with 15 moles of O₂?

• P₄
• O₂
• P₄O₆ 
• none of the above

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

Silver nitrate and sodium phosphate are reacted in equal amounts of 200 g each. How many grams of silver phosphate are produced? 
3AgNO₃  + Na₃(PO₄)  --->  Ag₃(PO₄)  + 3NaNO₃

• 164 g
• 64 g
• 146 g
• 164 moles

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

CH₄  +  2O₂  →  CO₂  +  2H₂O
24 grams of CH₄ was added to the above reaction. Calculate the theoretical yield of CO₂.

• 66 grams
• 132 grams
• 33 grams
• 8.72

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

The ______________ yield is the maximum amount of product possible in a reaction. This determines the amount of product that should be produced in a perfect setting

• Percent
• actual
• stoichiometry
• theoretical

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

When reacting Na with Cl₂, we calculated that the theoretical yield should be 12.5 grams. Our actual yield was 13.0 grams. What is the percent yield?

• 100%
• 104%
• 96%
• 1.04

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7

2Fe₂O₃  +  C  →  Fe  +  3CO₂
You add 28 grams of carbon. You find the actual yield to be 181.2 grams of CO₂. What is the percent yield of CO₂? (Hint: calculate theoretical yield of CO₂ first)

• 15.8%
• 209.2%
• 6435%
• 15.5

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NGSS.HS-PS1-7