The Limiting Reactant Determines the Theoretical Yield: The amount of product formed is directly proportional to the amount of the limiting reactant initially present. Stoichiometric calculations ...

Magnesium metal is dissolved in HCl in 500mL Florence flasks covered with balloons. The moles of each reagent are changed in each flask in order to demonstrate the limiting reagent concept. In flasks ...

A good way to ensure that one reactant fully reacts is to use an excess of the other reactant. This is financially efficient when one of the reactants is very cheap. When one reactant is in excess, ...