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Limiting Reactants

Reactants

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Limiting Reactants

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Limiting Reactants

+ plus 16 tires
excess

8 car bodies 48 tires 8 cars

CB + 4T CT4
Limiting Reactants
Methane, CH4

+ plus
plus 16
8
hydrogen
molecules
atoms
excess

8 carbon 24 hydrogen 8 methane


atoms molecules molecules

C + 2 H2 CH4
Container 1

Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 269


Before and After Reaction 1
N2 + 3H2 2 NH3

Before the reaction After the reaction


All the hydrogen and nitrogen atoms combine.
Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 269
Container 2

Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 270


Before and After Reaction 2
N2 + 3H2 2 NH3
excess limiting

Before the reaction After the reaction


LIMITING REACTANT DETERMINES AMOUNT OF PRODUCT
Zumdahl, Zumdahl, DeCoste, World of Chemistry 2002, page 270
Real-World Stoichiometry:
Limiting Reactants
Fe + S FeS

Ideal
Stoichiometry

Limiting
Reactants

S= excess

Fe =
LeMay Jr, Beall, Robblee, Brower, Chemistry Connections to Our Changing World , 1996, page 366
Grilled Cheese Sa
ndwich

Bread + Cheese  ‘Cheese Melt’


2B + C  B2C

100 bread 30 slices 30


? sandwiches
Multiple Guess:
130 sandwiches
100 sandwiches
90 sandwiches
60 sandwiches
30 sandwiches
Not enough information given
Limiting Reactants
• Available Ingredients
– 4 slices of bread
– 1 jar of peanut butter
– 1/2 jar of jelly

• Limiting Reactant
– bread

• Excess Reactants
– peanut butter and jelly
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Limiting Reactants
• Limiting Reactant
– used up in a reaction
– determines the amount of product

• Excess Reactant
– added to ensure that the other reactant is c
ompletely used up
– cheaper & easier to recycle

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The Limiting Reactant
A balanced equation for making a Big Mac® might be:

3 B + 2 M + EE B3M2EE
…one can mak
With… …and…
e…
excess B and
30 M 15 B3M2EE
excess EE
excess M and
30 B 10 B3M2EE
excess EE
30 B and
30 M 10 B3M2EE
excess EE
The Limiting Reactant
A balanced equation for making a tricycle might be:

3W + 2P + S + H + F W3P2SHF
…one can mak
With… …and…
e…
excess of all
50 P other reactants 25 W3P2SHF

excess of all
50 S other reactants 50 W3P2SHF

50 S and
50 P excess of all 25 W3P2SHF
other reactants
Limiting Reactants

aluminum + chlorine gas  aluminum chloride


Al(s) + Cl2(g)  AlCl3

2 Al(s) + 3 Cl2(g)  2 AlCl3

100 g 100 g ?g

A. 200 g B. 125 g C. 667 g D. 494 g


Limiting Reactants
aluminum + chlorine gas  aluminum chloride
2 Al(s) + 3 Cl2(g)  2 AlCl3
100 g 100 g xg
How much product would be made if we begin with 100 g of aluminum?

1 mol Al 2 mol AlCl3 133.5 g AlCl3


x g AlCl3 = 100 g Al = 494 g AlCl3
27 g Al 2 mol Al 1 mol AlCl3
Al AlCl3

How much product would be made if we begin with 100 g of chlorine gas?

1 mol Cl2 2 mol AlCl3 133.5 g AlCl3


x g AlCl3 = 100 g Cl2 = 125 g AlCl3
71 g Cl2 3 mol Cl2 1 mol AlCl3
Cl2 AlCl3
Limiting Reactants – Method 1
1. Write a balanced equation.
2. For each reactant, calculate the amou
nt of product formed.
3. Smaller answer indicates:
– limiting reactant
– amount of product

Courtesy Christy Johannesson www.nisd.net/communicationsarts/pages/chem


Limiting Reactants – Method 2
• Begin by writing a correctly balanced che
mical equation
• Write down all quantitative values under e
quation (include units)
• Convert ALL reactants to units of moles
• Divide by the coefficient in front of each re
actant
• The smallest value is the limiting reactant!
Stoichiometry Problems 2

Stoichiometry Problems 2

Stoichiometry Problems 2

Keys

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