Introduction to limiting reagents

 Ok so it's always great to start with relating chemistry to situations we are familiar with so let's look at limiting reagents in a real life example:

When playing a tennis match we obviously always need a minimum of 2 tennis rackets and 2 balls. So in tennis if you have 2 tennis rackets but no ball the ball would be the limiting reagent because you can’t have a tennis match without a ball.  The limiting reagent is what is stopping something happening, and in this case it stops the tennis match.

Therefore, the Limiting Reagent is the chemical that determines how far the reaction will go before the chemical in question gets thoroughly "used up" and the reaction consequently stops.

So to get started on learning how to find the limiting reagent just click here…!