Knock out the false limiting claims
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- Three of these claims about a limiting reactant are false.
- Choices
- Item
- It runs out first and caps the product
- Correct
- Yes
- Explanation
- Mass alone settles nothing; the mole ratio decides it.
- Item
- It is always the reactant of less mass
- Explanation
- Anything left over is the excess reactant, not this one.
- Item
- It is what remains when a reaction ends
- Explanation
- Given stoichiometric amounts both reactants finish together.
- Item
- Every mixture must contain one
- Instructions
- Tap the three false statements about the limiting reactant to clear them from the board.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry, Ch 4 Stoichiometry of Chemical Reactions, section Limiting Reactant_