Limiting Reactants: the reactant that limits the amount of the other reactant that can combine and the amount of product that can form in a chemical reaction
Excess Reactant: substance that is not used up completely in a reaction
When solving problems with chemical reactions and converting grams to moles/ moles to grams/ etc., set up a single equation so that you only round once.
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This is a website that helps you practice balancing chemical equations.
ReplyDeletehere is a great website that has Limiting Reagent Problems :
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heres a site that explains limiting and excess reactans
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Here's a good video on how to solve problems with limiting reactants
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Website on more stuff about reactions and reactants.
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http://web.fccj.edu/~ksanchez/flash/corwin/LimReactant.html
ReplyDeleteSome visual concepts about limiting and excess reactants.