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Posted by Yogita Ingle 4 years, 11 months ago
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Yogita Ingle 4 years, 11 months ago
This reactant generally determines when the reaction will stop. The exact amount of reactant which will be needed to react with another element can be calculated from the reaction stoichiometry. The limiting reagent depends on the mole ratio, not on the masses of the reactants present.
From the illustration shown above, it can be observed that the limiting reactant is the reason the reaction cannot continue since there is nothing left to react with the excess reactant. it is the reactant that entirely consumed over the course of the reaction.
Limiting Reagent Examples
Consider 1 mol of oxygen and 1 mol of hydrogen are present to undergo the following reaction.
2H2 + O2 → 2H2O
Since the reaction uses up hydrogen twice as fast as oxygen, the limiting reactant would be hydrogen.
Yash Rai 4 years, 11 months ago
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Pranjal Yadav 4 years, 11 months ago
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