Limiting Reactants

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What is needed for no reactants to be left over?

In order for no reactants to be left over, there must be the correct number of moles of both reactants in order to react completely, according to their STOICHIOMETRY

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CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O, What happens if there is less oxygen?

If there is less than 2 moles of oxygen, there will be methane left unreacted. The oxygen is the LIMITING REACTANT in this case

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CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O, What happens if there is more oxygen?

If there is more than 2 moles of oxygen, there will be unreacted oxygen left behind. The methane is the LIMITING REACTANT now

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