Give a scientific reason why do you think this is so
2007-05-07 18:56:08 · 4 answers · asked by bballchic601 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
There is no "scientific" reason.
If you dunk one donut in one cup of coffee every time you eat a donut and you have 2 more cups of coffee, you run out of donuts first.
The same happens the the number of moles of each chemical in the balances equation. you run out of one chemical and you cand do anything else.
2007-05-07 19:05:10 · answer #1 · answered by whatwouldyodado2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, for all practical sake there always a limiting reactant no matter what the chemical reaction is.
For instance say im baking a cake (a chemical reaction) I will always run out of one reagent (butter, sugar, etc..) before I run out of the other. Unless I run out at exactly the same time which is something you can picture much more easily when baking a cake but highly unlikely in the precise world of chemistry
2007-05-08 02:06:25 · answer #2 · answered by Jordan P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because chemicals react according to their stoichiometric equations, they react in fixed ratios. So unless the reactants are added in the ratios as stated in the equation, there will be a limiting reagent.
2007-05-08 02:06:07 · answer #3 · answered by ghost whisperer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how good your measuring system, there is an inescapable error, so you cannot provide exact proportions of reagents.
2007-05-08 02:29:18 · answer #4 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋