Ricky and Shemane, who are stoked to be learning stoich, were working diligently on a chemistry assignment in class. Ricky realized that in most chemical reactions, there’s an excess of one reactant. How would Shemane correctly explain to Ricky why this occurs? the reaction will continue until all of the limiting reactant is consumed.

reactions do not take place unless there are unequal amounts of reactants.

the reaction will continue until all of the excess reactant is consumed.

reactions occur too quickly if equal amounts of reactants are used.

the ideal gas law equation is as follows

pv = nrt

where p - pressure

v - volume

n - number of moles

r - universal gas constant

t - temperature

so if the pressure, volume and temperature are already known

we are left with n and r

since r is the universal gas constant that has a known fixed value then r too is known

so we are left with 'n'

once we know temperature volume and pressure

we can find the number of moles of gas present using the ideal gas law equation

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