Limiting Reactant

Which of the following describes a limiting reactant?

• The reactant that is not completely consumed during a reaction

• None of this reactant is left over after the reaction take place

• The reactant that is completely consumed during the reaction

• Some of this reaction is left over after the reaction

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Which of the following describes an excess reactant?

• The reactant that is not completely consumed during a reaction

• None of this reactant is left over after the reaction take place

• The reactant that is completely consumed during the reaction

• Some of this reaction is left over after the reaction

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

When does a chemical reaction stop?

• When the lab is finished
• When the excess reactant is used up
• When the limiting reactant is used up
• Chemical reactions never stop

Identify the limiting and excess reactants in the reaction shown.

• N₂ is limiting and H₂ is excess. 

• H₂ is limiting and N₂ is excess. 

• NH₃ is both limiting and excess.

• There is no limiting reactant. 

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Theoretical yield = 73g
Actual yield = 62g
Calculate the percent yield.

• 1.16%
• 116%
• 85%
• 76%

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When 12 moles of O₂ reacts with 1.1 mole of C₁₀H₈ what is the limiting reactant?  C₁₀H₈ + 12 O₂ --> 10 CO₂ + 4 H₂O

• Oxygen
• C₁₀H₈
• Water
• Carbon Dioxide

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4NH₃ + 5O₂ --> 4NO + 6H₂O
How many grams of NO are formed if 6.30g of ammonia react with 1.80g of oxygen? 

• 0.37g
• 0.045g
• 1.35g
• 11.1g

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