General Chemistry - Limiting Reactant Problems | Stoichiometry | 3.4 General Chemistry

Limiting Reactant Problems In this lesson Chad shows how to solve Limiting Reactant Problems. This includes how to determine the limiting reagent, how to determine the reagent in excess, and how much of the reagent in excess remains. It also includes how to calculate the theoretical yield, actual yield, and percent yield of a reaction as well. Chad begins by showing how the coefficients in a balanced chemical reaction provide mole-to-mole ratios that are the basis of Limiting Reactant Calculations. These mole-to-mole ratios can then be used to convert moles of reactants to moles of products. Ultimately, whichever reactant would lead to the production of the least amount of product is the limiting reactant, while the others are the reactants in excess. Chad begins with a practice limiting reactant problem involving bicycles to provide a more accessible example for students. The lesson then progresses to limiting reactant practice problems that involve starting with the number of moles of the reactants before moving on to limiting reactant problems that involve starting with the masses in grams of the reactants rather than the moles. The lesson concludes with a complex Limiting Reactant problem that includes how to determine the limiting reagent, how to calculate the theoretical yield, how to determine the amount of the reagent in excess that remains, and how to calculate the percent yield. I've embedded this playlist as a course on my website with all the lessons organized by chapter in a collapsible menu and much of the content from the study guide included on the page. Check this lesson out at https://www.chadsprep.com/chads-general-chemistry-videos/limiting-reagent-calculations/ If you want all my study guides, quizzes, final exam reviews, and practice exams, check out my General Chemistry Master Course at https://www.chadsprep.com/genchem-youtube 00:00 Lesson Introduction 00:47 Mole-to-Mole Ratios in Stoichiometry 09:44 Introduction to Limiting Reactant Calculations 13:15 Limiting Reactant Calculations 21:24 Percent Yield Calculations https://www.chadsprep.com/ #generalchemistry #chemistrytutorial #limitingreactant