Limiting Reactants and Percent Yield

Mr. Anderson explains limiting reactants and percent yield in chemical reactions. He uses a cookie recipe analogy to introduce the concept of limiting reactants, followed by examples of hydrogen and methane combustion. The video details how to calculate limiting reactants using moles and mass, and concludes with an explanation of percent yield, highlighting the difference between predicted and actual yields.

Explain the analogy used in the text between making cookies and chemical reactions.

What is a limiting reactant and how does it affect a chemical reaction?

In the example of hydrogen combustion, what was identified as the limiting reactant?

Describe the process of determining the limiting reactant when given the masses of reactants.

How can a chemist use the concept of limiting reactants to optimize a reaction?

Why is it unlikely to achieve 100% yield in a chemical reaction?

What is percent yield and how is it calculated?