Reactant

Limiting reagent, also known as the "limiting reactant", is the substance which is totally consumed when the chemical reaction is complete.

A limiting reactant problem where you have to convert back and forth between grams and moles. Limiting reactant or limiting reagent is the first reactant to run out in a chemical reaction, and it limits the amount of product you can make. In this advanced limiting reactant (limiting reagent) practice problem, we will learn how to solve for limiting reactant or limiting reagent when you are given grams of the reactants, and you have to convert to moles. We will see how to determine which reactant is the limiting reactant (limiting reagent), and then calculate how much excess reactant is left over.

In this video lesson, Mr. Scullion demonstrates a reacting mass problem involving limiting reagant. Try the problem out on your own prior to finding out the solution.

Limiting reactant is also called limiting reagent. The limiting reactant or limiting reagent is the first reactant to get used up in a chemical reaction. Once the limiting reactant or limiting reagent gets used up, the reaction has to stop and cannot continue. After the limiting reactant or limiting reagent is used up and the reaction stops, there is extra of the other reactants left over. Those are called the excess reactants. In this video, we'll first learn about limiting reactant and limiting reagent by comparing chemical reactions to cooking recipes. We'll look at how to calculate limiting reactant and limiting reagent using cooking ingredients, and then looking at an actual stoichiometry problem,

We'll practice limiting reactant and excess reactant by working through a problem. These are often also called limiting reagent and excess reagent. The limiting reactant or the limiting reagent is the first reactant to be used up during a chemical reaction. Once the limiting reactant or limiting reagent is used up, no more product can form. In order to solve stoichiometry problems with limiting reactant or limiting reagent, we need to figure out which of the reactants is the limiting reactant or limiting reagent. Then, we see how much product can be formed by using the maximum amount of the limiting reactant or limiting reagent. The excess reactant or excess reagent is what is left over after all of the limiting reactant or limiting reagent has been used up.