what are Limiting Reagents?
A limiting reagent is the substance that is fully used up in any situation that involves two different items relying on one another.
For example, if a class has 5 sheets of paper and 7 pencils, what is the limiting reagent? They would only be able to fill out 5 surveys because they only have 5 sheets of paper, but they would have 2 pencils left over. The limiting reagent is sheets of paper because the class is using them up entirely.
Now the teacher tells the class that each sheet of paper can be used for 2 surveys. If you still have 5 sheets of paper and only 7 pencils, what is the limiting reagent? This time only 7 surveys can be completed, but not because of a lack of paper. This time the limiting reagent is the number of pencils because if there are two surveys for every sheet of paper, you technically have 10 sheets of paper, causing all of the pencils to be used up before all of the paper is.
For example, if a class has 5 sheets of paper and 7 pencils, what is the limiting reagent? They would only be able to fill out 5 surveys because they only have 5 sheets of paper, but they would have 2 pencils left over. The limiting reagent is sheets of paper because the class is using them up entirely.
Now the teacher tells the class that each sheet of paper can be used for 2 surveys. If you still have 5 sheets of paper and only 7 pencils, what is the limiting reagent? This time only 7 surveys can be completed, but not because of a lack of paper. This time the limiting reagent is the number of pencils because if there are two surveys for every sheet of paper, you technically have 10 sheets of paper, causing all of the pencils to be used up before all of the paper is.