test tomorrow check it out please?

Question

Nitric oxide, NO, reacts instantly with oxygen gas to give nitrogen dioxide, NO2, a dark brown gas.
In one experiment 16.81 g of NO is mixed with 10.55 g of O2.


What is the theoretical yield of NO2 ? I.E., how many grams of NO2 should be formed?

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how do we understand which one is the limiting reagent.

NO+O2 -----> NO2

NO is 16.81 / 30= .5603 moles of NO
O2 is 10.55 / 32=.3296 moles of O2

From here what do Iook at what are my step I will have a test tommorrow so be specific as you can.

Thank you so much

Answer 1

O2 is the limiting reagent as the number of moles are less.