Consider a reaction in which two reactants make one product (for example, consider the unbalanced reaction ). You know the following: 2.0 mol A (with an excess of B) can produce a maximum of 2.0 mol C 3.0 mol B (with an excess of A) can produce a maximum of 4.0 mol C If you react 2.0 mol A with 3.0 mol B, what is the maximum amount of C that can be produced

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Answer: The maximum amount of C that can be produced is 2.0 mol.

Explanation:

The balanced equation will be as follows.

        [tex]4A + 3B \rightarrow 4C[/tex]

As we are given that,

   moles of C = moles of A = [tex]\frac{4}{3}[/tex] moles of B

When we react 2.0 mol A with 3.0 mol B then the limiting reagent is A as specie A has less number of moles. Therefore, the maximum amount of C which can be produced is as follows.

          [tex]\frac{2.0}{4} \times 4[/tex]

              = 2.0 mol

Therefore, we can conclude that the maximum amount of C that can be produced is 2.0 mol.