Once you have identified the limiting reactant, you calculate how much of the other reactant it must have reacted with and subtract from the original amount.
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Yes , it is due to gravity , structure of earth,air resistance so ...
Depends on how the sword is made, what materials are used and temperature used but yes they can shatter.
When molecules cool down they stop vibrating and moving as much and so they "shrink" and the metal of the sword becomes brittle. sometimes they shrink at different phases which cause tension in the sword if this tension is strong enough it can cause the metallic bonds to break causing the sword to shatter.
hope that helps
The correct name for the N3- ion is a nitride ion.