Worksheet: Limiting Reactants Name______________

KEY

1. BALANCE the equation first. 4 FeCl3 + 3 O2  2 Fe2O3 + 6 Cl2

a. How many moles of chlorine gas can be produced if 4 moles of FeCl3 react
with 4 moles of O2? SHOW ALL WORK!

6 mol Cl2
? mol Cl2 = 4 mol FeCl3 ! = 6 mol Cl2
4 mol FeCl3

6 mol Cl2
? mol Cl2 = 4 mol O2 ! = 8 mol Cl2
3 mol O2

b. What is the limiting reactant?

FeCl3

c. What is the excess reactant?

O2

2. Use the following BALANCED equation.

2 C2H6 + 7 O2  4 CO2 + 6 H2O

a. If 15 g of C2H6 react with 45 g of O2, how many grams of water will be

produced?

1 mol C2 H 6 6 mol H 2 O 18.0 g H 2 O

? g H 2 O = 15 g C2 H 6 ! ! ! = 27 g H 2 O
30.0 g C2 H 6 2 mol C2 H 6 1 mol H 2 O

1 mol O2 6 mol H 2 O 18.0 g H 2 O

? g H 2 O = 45 g O2 ! ! ! = 22 g H 2 O
32.0 g O2 7 mol O2 1 mol H 2 O

b. What is the limiting reactant?

O2
c. What is the excess reactant?
C2H6

CHEMISTRY: A Study of Matter

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