11.775 g of magnesium is reacted with 4.938 g of oxygen gas according to the equation: 2 Mg + O2 --> 2 MgO, what is the limiting reactant?
1 Answer
Dec 5, 2015
The limiting reagent is oxygen gas.
Explanation:
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By the reaction stoichiometry, magnesium is clearly the reagent in excess. We would require 0.968 mol of oxygen gas for stoichiometric reaction
