14.6 – NOTES Limiting Reactants
B.10 Incomplete combustion Based on limiting reactants You can only make as much as your least reactant Cars and car tires: How many complete cars can you make?
Attempt to solve the next three problems! B.10 Incomplete combustion Sometimes in reactions, products other than the desired ones form Stoichiometry In order to solve these problems, you must have a balanced equation. The balanced equation provides the mole ratio, which is the moles of what you are looking for in the problem, over the moles of what you were initially given information about Attempt to solve the next three problems!
Use the equation 2 KClO3 ---> 2 KCl + 3 O2 for the next few examples You are given 4.5 moles of KClO3. How many moles of O2 can you make? 6.75 mol of O2
Use the equation 2 KClO3 ---> 2 KCl + 3 O2 for the next few examples You make 2.3 grams of KCl. How many moles of KClO3 did you start with? 0.03 mol of 2 KClO3
Use the equation 2 KClO3 ---> 2 KCl + 3 O2 for the next few examples You are given 43 grams of KClO3. How many grams of KCl can you make? 35.9 g KCl
Based on limiting reactants Examples: a. If 5.0 grams of nickel and 5.0 grams of chlorine gas are reacted completely, how many grams of product could be formed, theoretically? Ni + Cl2 NiCl2 Given: 5.0 g Ni ( = 58.7g/mol) 5.0 g Cl2 ( =71.0g/mol) Find: g NiCl2 ( = 129.7g/mol)
If Ni is the limiting reactant…. 5.0g Ni x 1 mol Ni x 1 mol NiCl2 x 129.7g NiCl2 58.7g Ni 1 mol Ni 1 mol NiCl2 = 11g NiCl2 If Cl2 is the limiting reactant…. 5.0g Cl2 x 1 mol Cl2 x 1 mol NiCl2 x 129.7g NiCl2 71.0 g Cl2 1 mol Cl2 1 mol NiCl2 = 9.1g NiCl2
b. If you react 13. 5 grams of HCl with 14 b. If you react 13.5 grams of HCl with 14.8 grams of FeS, how many grams of H2S could be produced? 2HCl + FeS H2S + FeCl2 Given: 13.5g HCl (= 36.5g/mol) 14.8g FeS (=87.9g/mol) Find: g H2S (= 33.1g/mol)
If HCl is the limiting reactant…… 13.5g HCl x 1 mol HCl x 1 mol H2S x 33.1g H2S 36.5g HCl 2 mol HCl 1 mol H2S = 6.12g H2S If FeS is the limiting reactant…… 14.8g FeS x 1 mol FeS x 1 mol H2S x 33.1g H2S 87.9g FeS 1 mol FeS 1 mol H2S = 5.57g H2S