Friday, February 8, 2008

Limiting vs Excess

What is the different between a limiting reactant and a excess reactant?

10 comments:

BiG Goehring said...

Limiting reactant is the reactant in a chmical reation that limits the amount of product that can be formed. The reaction will stop when all the limiting reactant is consumed. The excess reactants are not use up when the reaction is fished and thats the diffence.

bertsch said...

THe excess reactants are not use up when the reaction is done. Limiting reactants limits the amount of product that can be formed. It stops when all of the limiting reactants are used up.

Richard said...

A limiting reactant is a reactant in a chemical reaction that limits the amount of products that can be formed. An excess reactant are the left over reactants that are not used when the reaction is done.

aaron peterson said...

A limiting reactant as the name suggests limits the amount of products comes out of the reactions. The reaction stops when the limiting reactant is used up. The excess reactant is what is left from the chemical reaction once the limting reactant is used up.

kelseyr. said...

Limiting reactant is the reactant that limits the amount of products that can be formed. The excess are not used up when the reactant is done. There is many difference between the two.

Reeber said...

A limiting reactant in a chemical reaction that limits the amount of product that can be formed. Limiting reactants limit the amount of product that can formed. It stops when the limiting reactants are used up.

tara said...

Limiting reactant is in the chemical reactions. It limits the amount of product that can be formed. The excess reactants are not used up with the reaction is finished.

junger said...

A limiting reactant is the reactant in the chemical reaction that limits the amount the product that can be formed. The excess treactants are not used in this.

amanda said...

The limiting reactant is a chemical that determines how far the reaction will go before the chemical gets used up. The reaction stops once the chemical gets used up. The excess reactant is what is left after the reaction is done.

Kelsey M. said...

A limiting reactant is in a chemical reaction. It limits the reaction. An excess reactant makes the reaction larger.