Limiting Reactant
Limiting Reactant
Limiting Reactant
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2. When fool’s gold, iron(IV) sulfide reacts with oxygen it forms ferric oxide and sulfur
dioxide. If a 21.63 gram nugget of fool’s gold is reacted with 1.05 moles of oxygen, what
mass will be the mass of each product produced? What reactant limited the reaction?
How much excess reactant was present?
3. Which reagent limits the reaction when 11.4 g of water reacts with 3.99 g of sodium?
How much sodium hydroxide forms? Assuming the hydrogen released to be at STP, what
volume of hydrogen gas is released?
4. Consider a reaction between aluminum metal and hydrobromic acid. When 3.18 moles
of aluminum react with 4.87 moles of hydrobromic acid, how many moles of hydrogen
are formed? If at STP, what volume of hydrogen is formed? If one of the reagents is in
excess, how much of it remains unreacted?
5. If 298.15 g silicon reacts with 9.89 moles of nitrogen, how many moles of the product
trisilicon tetranitride are formed? Which if any reagent limited this reaction? What
amount of excess reagent remains?
6. Cupric chloride reacts with potassium iodide to produce potassium chloride, cuprous
iodide, and elemental iodine. If 68.45 g of cupric chloride react with 72.11 g of potassium
iodide, what mass of elemental iodine is formed? What reactant limits this reaction? How
much reactant remains “in excess?” What mass of potassium chloride forms?
7. How many moles of chlorine gas can be produced if 4.0 moles of ferric chloride react
with 3.5 moles of oxygen in forming ferric oxide? What is the limiting reactant? What is
the reactant in excess? How much excess is present?
8. If 17.50 grams of ethane combust in an air filled chamber containing 50.00 grams of
oxygen, how many grams of each product will be produced? What volume of carbon
dioxide at 1.000 atm. and 0.0 oC will be produced? What mass of excess reactant will be
present?
9. Hexane, C6H14, burns in oxygen. If 1.00 L of hexane having a density of 0.654 8 g/cc is
burned using 2.45 kg of oxygen gas, what reactant will be in excess? How much excess
will remain after the reaction? What mass of carbon dioxide will form? If the carbon
dioxide formed is at STP, what volume of carbon dioxide forms?
10. 51.78 grams of magnesium hydroxide are sued to neutralize 52.00 grams of
hydrochloric acid. What is the limiting reactant? What is the mass of each product
formed? What is the mass of excess reactant?
Honors Chemistry Worksheet on Limiting Reactants
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0.415 mol O2
0.169 mol O2 needed and 0.415 mol O2 available – aluminum limiting reagent
2.17 mol O2 needed and 3.497 mol O2 available – aluminum limiting reagent
2.17 mol O2 needed and 3.497 mol O2 available – aluminum limiting reagent
2. When fool’s gold, iron(IV) sulfide reacts with oxygen it forms ferric oxide and sulfur
dioxide. If a 21.63 gram nugget of fool’s gold is reacted with 1.05 moles of oxygen, what
mass will be the mass of each product produced? What reactant limited the reaction?
How much excess reactant was present?
0.495 8 mol O2 needed and 1.05 mol O2 available – iron(IV) sulfide - limiting reagent
21.63 g FeS2 x 1 mol FeS2 x 8 mol SO2 x 64.07 g SO2 = 23.10 g SO2
119.98 g FeS2 4 mol FeS2 1 mol SO2
21.63 g FeS2 x 1 mol FeS2 x 2 mol Fe2O3 x 159.68 g Fe2O3 = 14.39 g Fe2O3
119.98 g FeS2 4 mol FeS2 1 mol Fe2O3
= 1.00 mol O2
3. Which reagent limits the reaction when 11.4 g of water reacts with 3.99 g of sodium?
How much sodium hydroxide forms? Assuming the hydrogen released to be at STP, what
volume of hydrogen gas is released?
= 6.94 g NaOH
= 1.94 L H2
4. Consider a reaction between aluminum metal and hydrobromic acid. When 3.18 moles
of aluminum react with 4.87 moles of hydrobromic acid, how many moles of hydrogen
are formed? If at STP, what volume of hydrogen is formed? If one of the reagents is in
excess, how much of it remains unreacted?
5. If 298.15 g silicon reacts with 9.89 moles of nitrogen, how many moles of the product
trisilicon tetranitride are formed? Which if any reagent limited this reaction? What
amount of excess reagent remains?
6. Cupric chloride reacts with potassium iodide to produce potassium chloride, cuprous
iodide, and elemental iodine. If 68.45 g of cupric chloride react with 72.11 g of potassium
iodide, what mass of elemental iodine is formed? What reactant limits this reaction? How
much reactant remains “in excess?” What mass of potassium chloride forms?
0.217 2 mol CuCl2 needed and 0.508 7 mol CuCl2 available – potassium iodide is the
limiting reagent
7. How many moles of chlorine gas can be produced if 4.0 moles of ferric chloride react
with 3.5 moles of oxygen in forming ferric oxide? What is the limiting reactant? What is
the reactant in excess? How much excess is present?
3.0 mol O2 needed and 33.5 mol O2 available – ferric chloride - limiting reagent
Oxygen – reactant in excess
= 0.5 moles O2
8. If 17.50 grams of ethane combust in an air filled chamber containing 50.00 grams of
oxygen, how many grams of each product will be produced? What volume of carbon
dioxide at 1.000 atm. and 0.0 oC will be produced? What mass of excess reactant will be
present?
2.036 mol O2 needed and 1.562 mol O2 available – oxygen - limiting reagent
9. Hexane, C6H14, burns in oxygen. If 1.00 L of hexane having a density of 0.654 8 g/cc is
burned using 2.45 kg of oxygen gas, what reactant will be in excess? How much excess
will remain after the reaction? What mass of carbon dioxide will form? If the carbon
dioxide formed is at STP, what volume of carbon dioxide forms?
= 2.45 kg O2 - 2.31 kg O2
= 0.14 kg O2
10. 51.78 grams of magnesium hydroxide are sued to neutralize 52.00 grams of
hydrochloric acid. What is the limiting reactant? What is the mass of each product
formed? What is the mass of excess reactant?
= 67.89 g MgCl2
= 25.70 g Mg(OH)2
= 10.19 g Mg(OH)2