Limiting Reagent Worksheet

Using your knowledge of stoichiometry and limiting reagents, answer the following questions: 1) Write the balanced equation for the reaction of lead(II) nitrate (aq) with sodium iodide (aq) to form lead(II) iodide precipitate and sodium nitrate solution: If I start with 25.0 grams of lead (II) nitrate and 15.0 grams of sodium iodide, how many grams of sodium nitrate can be formed? (Remember you will have to do the calculations for each reactant.)

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What reactant is the limiting reagent in the reaction described in problem 2? ____________________ How much of the nonlimiting reagent (the excess reagent) will be used during the reaction in problem #2? How much of the nonlimiting reagent will be left over? 4KO2 + 2H2O 4KOH + 3O2 If a reaction vessel contains 0.15 mol KO2 and 0.10 mol H2O, what is the limiting reactant?

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How many moles of oxygen can be produced? ___________

6) NaCl + H2SO4 NaHSO4 + HCl If a reaction vessel contains 10.0 g of sodium chloride and 12.0 g of sulfuric acid, what is the limiting reactant? (Try converting into moles of a product to compare..OR.. just compare the mole to mole ratio of the reactants)

7) What is the theoretical yield of hydrochloric acid in Q#6 ? How many grams of excess reactant are left unconsumed?

8) C7H6O3 + C4H6O3 C9H8O4 + C2H4O2 What is the theoretical yield (in grams) of aspirin, C9H8O4, when 2.00 g of C7H6O3 is heated with 4.00 g of C4H6O3? If the actual yield of aspirin is 2.21g, what is the percentage yield?

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Limiting Reagent Worksheet - Solutions

Using your knowledge of stoichiometry and limiting reagents, answer the following questions:
1) Write the balanced equation for the reaction of lead (II) nitrate with sodium iodide to form sodium nitrate and lead (II) iodide: Pb(NO3)2 (aq) + 2 NaI (aq) PbI2 (s) + 2 NaNO3 (aq) 2) If I start with 25.0 grams of lead (II) nitrate and 15.0 grams of sodium iodide, how many grams of sodium nitrate can be formed? To solve, the students should do two calculations. In the first, theyll determine the quantity of sodium nitrate that can be formed with 25 grams of lead (II) nitrate, assuming that theres plenty of sodium iodide present to react with it their calculation should indicate that 12.8 grams of sodium nitrate can be formed. Likewise, they should do a calculation in which they determine the quantity of sodium nitrate that can be formed with 15 grams of sodium iodide. Their calculation should find that 8.51 grams of sodium nitrate can be formed. Since the smallest of the two answers is 8.51 grams, this is the quantity of sodium nitrate that will actually be formed in this reaction. 3) What is the limiting reagent in the reaction described in problem 2? Because sodium iodide is the reagent that causes 8.51 grams of sodium nitrate to be formed, it is the limiting reagent. 4) How much of the nonlimiting reagent will be left over from the reaction in problem #2? By doing a stoichiometry calculation to determine the amount of lead (II) nitrate required to form 8.51 grams of sodium nitrate, students should determine that there are 8.38 grams of lead (II) nitrate remaining.

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Limiting reactant: KO2 Oxygen Produced: 0.11 moles Limiting reactant: H2SO4 HCl Theoretical Yield: 4.4 g Excess NaCl: 3.0 g Theoretical Yield: C7H6O3 Percentage Yield: 85%

Some problems Taken from: MGCCC, Perk Learning Lab, Created by Tara L. Moore An Example Problem to do: 3TiO2 + 4C + 6Cl2 3TiCl4 + 2CO2 + 2CO A vessel contains 4.15 g TiO2, 5.67g C, 6.78 g Cl2, what is the limiting reactant and the theoretical yield of titanium tetrachloride? Ex: Limiting Reactant: Cl2 TiCl4 Produced: 9.07 g

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