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Guided Notes - Limiting Reactant

The document provides a guided set of notes on determining the limiting reactant in chemical reactions. It includes examples of calculating the limiting reactant when given the amounts of reactants in mol or grams. It also demonstrates how to determine the maximum amount of products that can be formed using the limiting reactant and calculates any excess reactant remaining after the reaction completes.

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Guided Notes - Limiting Reactant

The document provides a guided set of notes on determining the limiting reactant in chemical reactions. It includes examples of calculating the limiting reactant when given the amounts of reactants in mol or grams. It also demonstrates how to determine the maximum amount of products that can be formed using the limiting reactant and calculates any excess reactant remaining after the reaction completes.

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Guided Notes

Limiting Reactant – Tyler DeWitt (YouTube)


The limiting reactant is the reactant (left side of the arrow) that is completely used up in a
chemical reaction. When the reaction stops, there is NO limiting reactant leftover.
Any other reactant is called an excess reactant because when the reaction stops there is some
excess leftover.

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Introduction to Limiting Reactant and Excess Reactant

1) What do we call the chemicals on the left side of the arrow in a reaction? _______________
2) What do we call the chemicals on the right side of the arrow in a reaction? ______________
3) What causes a chemical reaction to stop?

3 cups flour + 1 cup water  5 bread rolls


4) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the 6 cups of flour are used up how many cups of water do you
need? ___________
5) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the 3 cups of water are used up how many cups of flour do you
need? ___________
6) What is the limiting reactant in this example? ______________
7) What is the excess reactant in this example? ______________

What is the greatest amount of NH3 (in mol) that can be made with 3.2 mol N2 and 5.4 mol H2?
What is the limiting reactant? Which reactant is in excess, and how many mol of it are leftover?

N2 + 3 H2  2 NH3
8) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the 3.2 mol N2 is used up how many mol of H2 do you need?
show the work here: 3.2 mol N2 x mol H2 = __________________
mol N2
9) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the 5.4 mol H2 is used up how many mol of N2 do you need?
show the work here: 5.4 mol H2 x mol N2 = __________________
mol H2
10) What is the limiting reactant in this example? ______________
Why?
11) What is the excess reactant in this example? ______________
Why?

12) Now, use the limiting reactant (5.4 mol H2) to calculate the greatest amount of NH3 that can
be made:
show the work here: 5.4 mol H2 x mol NH3 = __________________
mol H2
13) Now, let’s calculate the moles of excess reactant leftover when the reaction stops.
Remember, Tyler already calculated how much N2 was used (question #9 above):
remember: 5.4 mol H2 x 1 mol N2 = 1.8 mol N2 is used
3 mol H2
initial excess mol – excess mol used = leftover excess mol
show the work here: ______________ – _____________ = _______________

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Limiting Reactant Practice Problem
What is the greatest amount of MgO (in mol) that can be made with 7.8 mol Mg and 4.7 mol O2?
What is the limiting reactant? Which reactant is in excess, and how many mol of it are leftover?
2 Mg + O2  2 MgO
14) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the 7.8 mol Mg is used up how many mol of O2 do you need?
show the work here: 7.8 mol Mg x mol O2 = __________________
mol Mg
15) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the 4.7 mol O2 is used up how many mol of Mg do you need?
show the work here: 4.7 mol O2 x mol Mg = __________________
mol O2
16) What is the limiting reactant in this example? ______________
Why?

17) What is the excess reactant in this example? ______________


Why?

18) Now, use the limiting reactant mol to calculate the greatest amount of MgO that can be made:
show the work here: _______ mol Mg x ______________ = __________ mol MgO
19) Now, let’s calculate the moles of excess reactant leftover when the reaction stops.
Remember, Tyler already calculated how much O2 was used (question #14 above):
remember: 7.8 mol Mg x 1 mol O2 = 3.9 mol O2 is used
2 mol Mg
initial excess mol – excess mol used = leftover excess mol
show the work here: ______________ – _____________ = _______________

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Limiting Reactant Practice Problem (Advanced)

What is the greatest mass of AlCl3 (in grams) that can be made with 114 g Al and 186 g Cl2?
What is the limiting reactant? Which reactant is in excess, and how many grams of it are leftover?

2 Al + 3 Cl2  2 AlCl3
20) How many moles of each reactant do we have?
show the work here: 114 g Al x mol Al = __________________
g Al

show the work here: 186 g Cl2 x mol Cl2 = __________________


g Cl2
21) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the moles of Al are used up how many mol of Cl2 do you need?
show the work here: _______ mol Al x mol Cl2 = __________________
mol Al
22) In Tyler’s example, IF ALL the moles of Cl2 are used up how many mol of Al do you need?
show the work here: _______ mol Cl2 x mol Al = __________________
mol Cl2
23) What is the limiting reactant in this example? ______________
Why?

24) What is the excess reactant in this example? _______________


Why?
25) Now, use the limiting reactant moles to calculate the greatest moles of AlCl3 that can be made:
show the work here: _______ mol Cl2 x ______________ = __________ mol AlCl3

26) The question asks for grams of AlCl3. How many grams of AlCl3 is this?
show the work here: ______ mol AlCl3 x ____ g AlCl3 = __________ g AlCl3
mol AlCl3
27) Now, let’s calculate the grams of excess reactant leftover when the reaction stops.
Remember, Tyler already calculated how much Al was used (question #22 above):
remember: 2.62 mol Cl2 x 2 mol Al = 1.75 mol Al is used
3 mol Cl2
initial excess mol – excess mol used = leftover excess mol
show the work here: ______________ – _____________ = _______________
28) The question asks for grams of excess reactant (Al). How many grams of Al is this?
show the work here: ______ mol Al x __ g Al = __________ g Al
mol Al

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