Metallic magnesium reacts with steam to produce magnesium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. If 16.2 g of #Mg# are heated with 12.0 g of #H_2O#, what is the limiting reactant?
1 Answer
Feb 11, 2016
Water.
Explanation:
Balanced equation of the reaction is
Molar masses of elements in reactants
Atomic mass of Magnesium: 24.3050
Atomic mass of Hydrogen: 1.00794
Atomic mass of Oxygen: 15.9994
Given
12 gm of Water
And 16.2 g of Magnesium
We observe from the equation that
We require
Therefore, water is the limiting reactant.