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Limiting And Excess Reactants — Quiz

Test your understanding of limiting and excess reactants with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

What is a limiting reactant in a chemical reaction?

Question 2

In a reaction, what is meant by an excess reactant?

Question 3

For the reaction $2H_2 + O_2 \rightarrow 2H_2O$, if you have $4$ mol of $H_2$ and $1$ mol of $O_2$, which reactant is limiting?

Question 4

For the reaction $N_2 + 3H_2 \rightarrow 2NH_3$, if $1$ mol of $N_2$ reacts with $2$ mol of $H_2$, what is the limiting reactant?

Question 5

Why does the amount of product formed depend on the limiting reactant?