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If 1.67 mol of copper and 6.5 mol of silver nitrate are available to react by single replacement, what is the limiting reactant?

Answer 1

Luna Chen

#Cu# is limiting about the chemical system

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Answer 2

Peyton Adams

To determine the limiting reactant, you need to calculate the amount of product that each reactant could theoretically produce. Then, you compare these amounts to see which reactant limits the amount of product formed. Calculate the moles of product formed from each reactant using stoichiometry and compare the results. The reactant that produces the least amount of product is the limiting reactant.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.