Limiting Reactants and

the Amount of Products

Formed
Stoichiometry
Is a branch of chemistry that
establishes mole and mass
relationships between reactants
and/or products.
Limiting Reactants
 What is limiting reactant and excess
reactant? (In your own words)
Limiting reactants
It is the reactants that limits the extent of the reaction and
determines the amount of product formed.

Excess Reactants
Reactants that leftover when a reaction stops
 Limiting Reactants
A limiting reactant in a chemical reaction is a substance that:
• Is used up first

• Stops the reaction

• Limit the amount of products that can form

In an experiment, 80 g of Zn are allowed to react with 105
g of HF as shown in the following balanced chemical
reaction:
Zn + 2HF---- ZnF2 + H2.

A.Which reactant is the limiting reagent?

B.How many grams of ZnF2 are formed?
C.How much is the excess reactant remains after the
reaction?
A substance’s molar mass is calculated
by multiplying its relative atomic mass
by the molar mass constant (1g/mol).
The molar constant can be used to
convert mass to moles. By multiplying a
given mass by the molar mass, the
amount of moles of the substance can
be calculated.