Hannah B.
asked • 08/14/19What is the limiting reactant/reagent of the reaction between Hydrochloric Acid and Calcium Carbonate?
The amount of Calcium carbonate used in the reaction was 0.2g, and the amount of Hydrochloric Acid was 30ml. Therefore, I was wondering which of the reactants would be the limiting and which is the excess and by how much?
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Hello,
1) You need to find the number of moles of both hydrochloric acid and calcium carbonate available.
2) Find the potential moles of product that could be produced from each reactant. This will require one calculation for the HCl and another calculation for the CaCO3.
3) The reactant whose calculation is the smallest value is the limiting reactant.
The moles of hydrochloric acid is determined by multiplying the molarity of hydrochloric acid by its volume.
What is the molarity of your hydrochloric acid solution?
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Andre L.
We need to know the concentration of the 30 mL of HCl! The trick here will be to convert both of the reactants into moles. We have to convert to moles to do a true model comparison! Whichever one that theoretically creates the LEAST amount of product will be our limiting reactant.08/14/19