Objectives

You have completed this lesson when you can:

1. Identify the limiting reactant (and the excess reactant) in a chemical reaction given specified amounts of two reactants.

2. Calculate the amount of a chemical that will react with (or be produced by) a limiting reactant given the necessary information about the weight relationships.

3. Given the amounts of two reactants, use a balanced equation to identify the limiting reactant, calculate the amount of product(s) formed along with the amount of excess reactant used and left over.