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  • May 17, 2007, 05:07 AM
    babi_gurl
    chemical calculations-moles
    rotten egg gas H2S can be destroyed by reacting with oxygen according to the equation:
    2H2S + 3O2 --->2SO2 + 2H2O
    how many moles of which reactant will be left over after reacting 3 moles H2S with 4 moles O2
  • May 17, 2007, 05:09 AM
    Capuchin
    Which reactant is in the majority here? You should be able to work that out by looking at how the moles of each substance are used up in the reaction.
  • May 17, 2007, 05:10 AM
    babi_gurl
    What do u mean which reactant is the majority
  • May 17, 2007, 05:11 AM
    Capuchin
    Well your H2S reacts in the proportion 2:3 with the O2. So you shoul dbe able to use this ratio to work out which you have more of in respect to this equation.
  • May 17, 2007, 05:13 AM
    babi_gurl
    How do I work that out
  • May 17, 2007, 05:16 AM
    Capuchin
    Here is your question split up into steps. You should be able to do all of these steps easily from your notes:

    How many times could you perform the reaction using 3 moles of H2S?
    How many times could you perform the reaction using 4 moles of O2?

    Which of these is less and therefore the limiting reagent?
    Therefore how much of the non-limiting reagent do you have left if the reaction is performed the amount of times that it can be for the limiting reagent?

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