Activity # 3a – LIMITING/EXCESS REACTANTS – WORKSHEET

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Class #, Surname, Week #, Act #, item # → B1 Mauring Wk 6 Act 3a No 1

1. Take the reaction: 4 NH3 + 5 O2 4 NO + 6 H2O.

In an experiment, 3.25 g of NH3 are allowed to react with 3.50 g of O2.

a. Which reactant is the limiting reagent?

b. How many grams of NO are formed?
c. How much of the excess reactant remains after the reaction?

GIVEN: SOLUTION:
3.25 g of NH3 ; 3.50 g of O2 NH3
Mass of __
I mol of N = __ 1 mol x ______
14.01g = __________
14.01g / mol
ASKED: Mass of __ mol of H = __ mol x ______
3 3
1.008g = __________
3.024 91m01
_____________________________________
limiting reagant ; of NO ; of
mass mass excess
__________
17.034 91m01

_____________________________________
reactant O2
Mass of __2
mol of O = __
7 mol x ______
16.00g = __________
32.00 glmol

FORMULA:
Eq.1: molar mass= (subscript of each atom) NO
(atomic mass of each atom) *sum of the Mass of __
1 mol of N = __I mol x ______
14.01g = __________
14.01g / not
products Mass of __ mol of O = __
1 I mol x ______
16.00g = __________
16.00 glmol

__________
30.01
91m01
Eq.2.1: known g of NH3 x (mole to molar mass
ratio of NH3) x (mole to mole ratio of NO and
NH3) x (molar mass to mole ratio of NO) = 3.259kHz × _________
_________ Imolhtt × _________
,
30.019M = _________
4m01 NT × _________ 5.73g NO
grams of NO 17.0345-02 4m01 Nttz Imo #

Eq.2.2: known g of O2 x (mole to molar mass 1 motor

3-509-02 × _________
_________ 4molNo- × _________
× _________ 2.63g NO
30.019M = _________
ratio of O2) x (mole to mole ratio of NO and
O2) x (molar mass to mole ratio of NO) = 329-01 5mHz IMHO
grams of NO

g.no#h-039NltaI.49gNHz32.0Ooo-4mo1N-HzlmolMt3
3.5090-2× _________
1m01 -02
Eq.3: known g of O2 x (mole to molar mass _________ × _________ × _________ = _________
ratio of O2) x (mole to mole ratio of NH3 and
O2) x (molar mass to mole ratio of NH3) =
grams of NH3
I
Eq.4: _______________________________
/ original sample consumed quantity / limiting
initial quantity -
3.25g NH } 1.49g NH,
_________________________
-

-769MHz
= ______________ / excess
)
reactant
= excess reactant
ANSWER:
Oz
__________ 2.63g NO
; __________ 1.76g NHZ
; __________
 2. Take the reaction: 3 FeCl2 + 2 Na3PO4 → Fe3(PO4)2 + 6 NaCl

a. If 23 grams of iron (II) chloride reacts with 41 grams of sodium phosphate, what is the
limiting reagent? How much sodium chloride can be formed?
b. How much of the excess reagent remains when this reaction has gone to completion?

GIVEN: SOLUTION:
23 g of FeCl2 ; 41 g of Na3PO4 FeCl2
Mass of __
I mol of Fe = __1
mol x ______
55.45g = __________
55.85g 1m01
ASKED: Mass of __
2 mol of Cl = __
2 mol x ______ = __________
35.45g 70.9 91m01

limiting reactant ; mass of NaCl ; mass of

____________________________________ __________
126.7591mA
____________________________________
excess reactant

Na3PO4
FORMULA: Mass of __ } mol x ______
3 mol of N = __ 22.44g = __________
68.97g 1m01
Eq.1: molar mass= (subscript of each atom) Mass of __ mol of P = __ mol x ______
I 1
30.97g = __________
30.9791mg
(atomic mass of each atom) *sum of the Mass of __
4 mol of O = __
4 mol x ______
16.009 = __________
64.00g / not
products __________
163.94
glmt

Eq.2.1: known g of FeCl2 x (mole to molar NaCl

mass ratio of FeCl2) x (mole to mole ratio of Mass of __
I mol of Na = __
1
mol x ______
22.99g = __________
22.99
glmol
NaCl and FeCl2) x (molar mass to mole ratio I 1
95.45g = __________
Mass of __ mol of Cl = __ mol x ______ 35.4591mg
of NaCl) = grams of NaCl __________
58.4491mA
Eq.2.2: known g of Na3PO4 x (mole to molar
mass ratio of Na3PO4) x (mole to mole ratio of
NaCl and Na3PO4) x (molar mass to mole
ratio of NaCl) = grams of NaCl
_________
239*42
6molNa43mofp.ec/-5b-t49N99-21.ygNaq26-5gmo1
× _________
1¥42 × _________ × _________ = _________
I mH4

Eq.3: known g of FeCl2 x (mole to molar mass

ratio of FeCl2) x (mole to mole ratio of
Na3PO4and FeCl2) x (molar mass to mole
ratio of Na3PO4) = grams of Na3PO4
419Nazpoy-lm.lt#1-mNaq58.44gNa4lb3-9NaP0y2mo1-Nqpoy
43.85144
_________ × _________ × _________ × _________ = _________
Way

2391=94
yyg.gg#g2moIN9zP0y-163.MgNqzP0yl9.83.N9zP04
initial quantity / original sample consumed
Eq.4: _______________________________ -

_________ I molted × _________ × _________ = _________

× _________
= excess reactant

zmo-IFe.CI/m-olN93-P044lgN9zP0y-19.83NayPOy
quantity / limiting reactant

21.17 Nazpoy
_________________________ = ______________

ANSWER:
Fey
__________ ; __________ 21.17g Na }P04
21.21g Nall ; __________