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Name:____________________________ BrandonCarmella
Basic Stoichiometry PhET Lab
Let's make some sandwiches!
Introduction:
When we bake/cook something, we use a specific amount of each ingredient. Imagine if you made a batch of
cookies and used way too many eggs, or not enough sugar. YUCK! In chemistry, reactions proceed with
very specific recipes. The study of these recipes is stoichiometry. When the reactants are present in the
correct amounts, the reaction will produce products. What happens if there are more or less of some of the
reactants present?

Vocabulary: Before you begin, please match the following vocabulary words which will be used in the simulation. You may have
to look online or use your notes:

A. Stoichiometry C. Excess Reactant E. Combustion Reaction

B. Mole ratio D. Limiting Reactant F. Synthesis Reaction

D
______1. The reagent (reactant) in a chemical reaction that will be completely used up in a reaction.
A
______2. The mathematical relationships between the reactants and/or products in chemical reactions.

E A reaction in which oxygen in a reactant and water and carbon dioxide are typically products.
______3.

B
______4. The relationship between the coefficients in a chemical reaction (such as 2:1 or 1:3)

É
______5. The reagent (reactant) that will be left over at the end of a chemical reaction.
______6. A reaction in which 2 or more elements/compounds are combined into a single product.

Procedure: Go to this site: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/reactants-products-and-leftovers

OR Search: PhET Simulations  Play with the Sims  Chemistry  Reactants, Products, and Leftovers

Part 1: Making Sandviches:

1. The is a simulation of a two-reactant synthesis reaction. In this case, one reactant will
be limiting, while the other will be in excess.
2. Set the reaction to a simple mole ratio of 2:1:1
a. How many sandwiches does it make? _____________
r
b. Are there any leftovers? _____________
o
3. Complete the table below while making tasty cheese sandwiches: (for some of these you will have to figure out how
much of each reactant you need to get the products listed!!!)
Bread Used Cheese Used Sandwiches Made Excess Bread Excess Cheese
5 slices 5 slices
2 y 3
4 slices 3 slices
2 O V
5 2 sandwiches 1 slice 0 slices

6 slices
3 3 sandwiches
o
4 slices

Part 2: Real Chemical Reactions: At the bottom of your screen choose MOLECULES.
First we will be making WATER.

4. What is the mole ratio for the reaction of hydrogen and oxygen to produce water?
___H2 + ___O2  ___H2O
2 I 2
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5. Complete the table below while making water H2O from hydrogen H2 and oxygen O2:
Hydrogen Molecules H2 Oxygen Molecules O2 Water Molecules H2O Excess H2 Excess O2

4 moles
4 molecules 4 molecules
7 molecules 6 molecules
moles 2 moles
tender
4 molecules
Imolec
0 molecules
3mole
0 molecules
Ymolec 2 mole
5 moles 8 moles
U motel Imolec 6 mole
4 moles 2 moles 0 moles
64not
moles
2m01
3 moles
6 moles
Unol
6 moles
Omd
0 moles
not
0 moles
3m01
6. Notice that the labels changed from molecules to moles. This does not change the mole ratio, as a mole is simply a
large number of molecules. How many molecules is a mole? r _________________
1023moles
6.022
7. Now try producing ammonia, (top right choose “Make ammonia”)
8. What is the mole ratio for the production of ammonia? ____N2 + ____H2  ____NH3
I 3 2
9. Complete the table below:
Moles N2 Moles H2 Moles NH3 Excess N2 Excess H2
3 moles 6 moles
6 moles 3 moles
Und Ind Ono
2nd
4 moles
End
2 moles Omd
0 moles
4 not 6 not
2 moles 4 moles
2nd Ind V not
Now let’s try “Combust Methane.” This one has 2 products but will work the same way.

I
2 2  ____ CO2 + ____H
10. What is the mole ratio for the combustion of methane? ____CH4 + ____O 2O

11. Complete the table below: I 2

mol CH4 mol O2 mol CO2 mol H2O Excess mol CH4 Excess mol O2

4 Mol 2m01
4 mol 4 mol
2 not O not
3 mol 6 mol
6 Mol Onol O1 mol
2nd 5 not 4 mol 3mg
2 mol 4 mol 0 mol not
0 mol 0 mol
4 Mol
12. Choose
8 the bottom of the screen. Play LEVEL
the Game at not
8 not1 only
Take a SNAPSHOT and attach it here for your score on LEVEL 1.Bonus points if you do level 2-3 & get 3 stars on each.

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