Limiting Reactant. An Alternative Analogy

Zoltán Tóth
Lajos Kossuth University, Team of Chemical Methodology, P.O. Box 66, H-4010 Debrecen, HUNGARY
J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (7), p 934
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p934
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1999

Abstract

A concrete analogy involving students and the make-up of teams is proposed to better explain the identification of the limiting reactant in stoichiometric calculations.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Applications and Analogies

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Analogies / Transfer

Keywords (Subject):

Stoichiometry

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