Answer:
Hydrogen H₂ will be the limiting reagent.
The excess reactant that will be left after the reaction is 3.45 moles.
4.3 moles of water can be produced.
Explanation:
The balanced reation is:
2 H₂ + O₂ → 2 H₂O
By reaction stoichiometry (that is, the relationship between the amount of reagents and products in a chemical reaction), the following amounts of each compound participate in the reaction:
- H₂: 2 moles
- O₂: 1 mole
- H₂O: 2 moles
To determine the limiting reagent, you can use a simple rule of three as follows: if by stoichiometry 1 mole of O₂ reacts with 2 moles of H₂, how much moles of H₂ will be needed if 5.6 moles of O₂ react?
moles of H₂= 11.2 moles
But 11.2 moles of H₂ are not available, 4.3 moles are available. Since you have less moles than you need to react with 5.6 moles of O₂, <u><em>hydrogen H₂ will be the limiting reagent</em></u> and oxygen O₂ will be the excess reagent.
Then you can apply the following rules of three:
- If by reaction stoichiometry 2 moles of H₂ react with 1 mole of O₂, 4.3 moles of H₂ will react with how many moles of O₂?
moles of O₂= 2.15 moles
The excess reactant that will be left after the reaction can be calculated as:
5.6 moles - 2.15 moles= 3.45 moles
<u><em>The excess reactant that will be left after the reaction is 3.45 moles.</em></u>
- If by reaction stoichiometry 2 moles of H₂ produce 2 moles of H₂O, 4.3 moles of H₂ produce how many moles of H₂O?
moles of H₂O= 4.3 moles
<u><em>4.3 moles of water can be produced.</em></u>