By Solving this problem student can find limiting as well as excess reactant and also amount of product formed, as well as amount of excess reactant after the reaction is over.
A 9.00 g sample of H3C6H5O7, citric acid in lemon juice reacts with 14.3 g of baking soda, NaHCO3. A) How many grams of carbon dioxide will be produced, that is called the theoretical yield? B) What substance is the limiting reactant? C) What substance is in excess? D) How many grams of the excess reactant is leftover (remaining) after the reaction stops?