The limiting reactant is the substance in a chemical reaction that gets completely consumed first and determines the maximum amount of product that can be formed.
Think of it like baking cookies. If your recipe calls for 2 eggs and 3 cups of flour to make 12 cookies, but you only have one egg, you can't make a full batch. Here, eggs are your limiting reactant.
Stoichiometry: This is the calculation of relative quantities of reactants and products in chemical reactions.
Mole Ratio: It's the ratio between the amounts in moles of any two compounds involved in a chemical reaction.
Reactants: These are substances initially present in a chemical reaction that are consumed during the reaction to create new substances (products).
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