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How would you do the limiting reagent if you are working with more than 2 compounds? Would you just add in the ratio of the second compound reacting with the reagent being tested?
Because according to the calculation he needs 1.25 moles of oxygen to fully complete the reaction, but he only has 1 mole of oxygen... therefore oxygen is limiting because he only has 80% of the oxygen required for the reaction.
That's because although he may have 4 times as many moles if oxygen as propane based off mass, it still isn't enough oxygen because of the stoichiometric burn of propane (the ideal amount of oxygen required to fully burn every propane molecule).. which is why he took the moles of his reactants and multiplied them by the mole ratio (which he got from the balanced equation).
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please help. how to do this? 2 B + 3 S --> B2S3 Identify amount of excess reactant in this reaction if I have 32 moles of Boron and 36 moles of Sulfide
Actually, if you did the first part of the C3H8 + 5O2 = 3CO2 +H2O and you started with the Oxygen, then you calculate that you will get .05 moles of C3H8, but you have 0.25 moles of C3H8 available, therefore Propane is in excess and oxygen is the limiting reagent. Yes that is correct. O2 is the limiting reagent.
Thanks for the video! I kept on getting confused because I thought that the limiting reagent was the smallest one, not the one that runs out first...if that makes sense.
Hey friend can you explain why 1.25 mol O2 would be the LR. I would have pick O2 based on 1 mol O2. I dont understand this, I need a number to compare. Thanks for your help
I don't understand why you went an extra step to calculate moles of O2? How would I know to take that step? I would've just stopped at 0.25 moles of C3H8 and called that my limiting reagent.
So just to be clear, we can't actually calculate actual yield unless we're finding it through a real experiment, right? If I had to find percent yield on an exam, I can assume the teacher will provide me the actual yield, right? Sorry, sounds like a stupid question but this is all new to me
I used the mass ratios instead of mole ratios for these calculations at my school and they worked out to be the same 44g/mol of C3H8 ---> 160g/mol of O2 11g of C3H8 ----> X g of O2 X = (11x160)/44 X=40g of O2 Therefore oxygen is the limiting reagent as we need 40g of it to react completely with the propane and we only have 32g
another way to do this if your confused is to set up ratios and cross multiply. to find the mass of h20 make a mole ratio. (4/5=x/1) and solve for x which is the moles of water. then convert into mass.
The fact that you haven't taken into account the ratio between the atoms. Just because it's a smaller value, doesn't men it's the limiting reagent, yes if the ratio was 1:1 it would be- but that's not always the case. Ie, I have 1 Pop corn box and 2 pieces of popcorn- although I have 2 popcorn pieces and only 1 box, the popcorn is still the limiting reagent as you will need way more than 2 pieces to fill 1 box
He went the step further to show that just because the amount of moles is less, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is the limiting reagent. Like he said with 0.25 moles of C3H8, you would need 1.25 moles of O2 in order to use the entire amount of propane.
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I cannot thank you enough! Wish me luck on my exam tomorrow, heh. :)
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I rather appreciate your videos on chemistry, they have helped me out considerably. I ended up with a professor that I have a hard time understanding the accent of which makes it difficult to know what is being said in the lectures. Your videos have helped to clear up my confusions.
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How did you get 44 for the denominator for 11gC3H3 at 5:25 ?
do we ignore the co-efficient of oxygen 5 when we calculate the molecular weight of oxygen ?
How would you do the limiting reagent if you are working with more than 2 compounds? Would you just add in the ratio of the second compound reacting with the reagent being tested?
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propane and propane accessories
Don't you mean pro-PAIN
at 9:33 , why did you start with 1 mol of 02? can it be anything?
Is 1mol O2 the limiting reagent?
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+Alicia Svoboda exactly Im a junior too and i can never understand this in class, i always have to study myself to really understand
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At the end why do you use 1 mole of Oxygen instead of 1.25 moles of Oxygen? Were did the 1 mole come from?
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i got lost at 7:45 can someone explain please. i just dont understand the concept of limiting reagent. why is oxygen limiting
Because according to the calculation he needs 1.25 moles of oxygen to fully complete the reaction, but he only has 1 mole of oxygen... therefore oxygen is limiting because he only has 80% of the oxygen required for the reaction.
That's because although he may have 4 times as many moles if oxygen as propane based off mass, it still isn't enough oxygen because of the stoichiometric burn of propane (the ideal amount of oxygen required to fully burn every propane molecule).. which is why he took the moles of his reactants and multiplied them by the mole ratio (which he got from the balanced equation).
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why would you use O2 in the first example instead of H2O? Is their any reason or is ust the one you picked
i have finals tmrw and this sort of helped. thank you.
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please help. how to do this?
2 B + 3 S --> B2S3
Identify amount of excess reactant in this reaction if I have 32 moles of Boron and 36 moles of Sulfide
Thank you so much - you cleared up a gap I had.
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Is the molar mass of O2 suppose to be 64.00 g/mol because the subscript is 2?
This video was really helpful! Thanks!
What why is oxygen the limited reagent again?
Actually, if you did the first part of the C3H8 + 5O2 = 3CO2 +H2O and you started with the Oxygen, then you calculate that you will get .05 moles of C3H8, but you have 0.25 moles of C3H8 available, therefore Propane is in excess and oxygen is the limiting reagent. Yes that is correct. O2 is the limiting reagent.
what if i wanted to find the ther yield for the reaction?
im confused...why did you express the conversion factor in terms of oxygen?
patricia I guess because like he said it has to based on limiting reagent, watch it again though
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Thanks for the video! I kept on getting confused because I thought that the limiting reagent was the smallest one, not the one that runs out first...if that makes sense.
Hey friend can you explain why 1.25 mol O2 would be the LR. I would have pick O2 based on 1 mol O2. I dont understand this, I need a number to compare. Thanks for your help
thank you!!!! I have a test tomorrow and this helps!
I don't understand why you went an extra step to calculate moles of O2? How would I know to take that step? I would've just stopped at 0.25 moles of C3H8 and called that my limiting reagent.
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So just to be clear, we can't actually calculate actual yield unless we're finding it through a real experiment, right? If I had to find percent yield on an exam, I can assume the teacher will provide me the actual yield, right? Sorry, sounds like a stupid question but this is all new to me
Yes. There's no way to calculate the actual yield without physically doing the experiment, so it should ALWAYS be given to you.... in an exam.
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Where the hell did that 18 grams come from?
Thanks a lot man! Really helped me understand!
I used the mass ratios instead of mole ratios for these calculations at my school and they worked out to be the same
44g/mol of C3H8 ---> 160g/mol of O2
11g of C3H8 ----> X g of O2
X = (11x160)/44
X=40g of O2
Therefore oxygen is the limiting reagent as we need 40g of it to react completely with the propane and we only have 32g
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another way to do this if your confused is to set up ratios and cross multiply. to find the mass of h20 make a mole ratio. (4/5=x/1) and solve for x which is the moles of water. then convert into mass.
Very helpful indeed, thank you!
This is really clear! Thanks :)
I'm still confused, I was taught the smallest number practically is the limiting reagent. What am I missing?
The fact that you haven't taken into account the ratio between the atoms. Just because it's a smaller value, doesn't men it's the limiting reagent, yes if the ratio was 1:1 it would be- but that's not always the case. Ie, I have 1 Pop corn box and 2 pieces of popcorn- although I have 2 popcorn pieces and only 1 box, the popcorn is still the limiting reagent as you will need way more than 2 pieces to fill 1 box
Thank you so much this video helped me a lot!!!!
how did you get 14.4 g of water?
He multiplied 1 mol O2 times 4 mol H2O divided by 5mol O2 times 18.00g H2O.
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He went the step further to show that just because the amount of moles is less, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is the limiting reagent. Like he said with 0.25 moles of C3H8, you would need 1.25 moles of O2 in order to use the entire amount of propane.
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you didnt explain how 02 was the limiting reagent even though theres more of it?
How come you always hear of propane yet never hear of contane?
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is the percent yeild right? i got 14 percent
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