Question

50 POINTS! PLEASE HELP!Solid sodium nitrate reacts with sulfuric acid to produce sodium sulfate and nitric acid. You have 36 grams of sodium nitrate and 21 grams of sulfuric acid. What is the limiting reactant?

Answer 1

The limiting reagent (or limiting reactant or limiting agent) in a chemical reaction is a reactant that is totally consumed when the chemical reaction is completed. The amount of product formed is limited by this reagent, since the reaction cannot continue without it. If one or more other reagents are present in excess of the quantities required to react with the limiting reagent, they are described as excess reagents or excess reactants (xs).