Can we change limiting reactant in chemical reaction to increase the amount of required product?

Question

Can we change limiting reactant in chemical reaction to increase the amount of required product? Like if zinc nitrate hexahydrate (15.0 g) reacts with sodium hydroxide (16.0 g) to produce zinc oxide (which was just 4.0 g), then can we change the amount of reactants in such a way so that the amount of zinc oxide produced is more?

Answer 1

The limiting reactant is determined by the reaction and the amount of each reactant.  It is what it is.  If the amounts are changed then the limiting reactant may change.  It becomes a different problem.