Question

what is limiting reagent

Answer 1

it is the material you have the least of and it determines the maximum amount of product that can be made example if you make a sandwich with 3 meat 2 cheese and 2 bread and you have 15 meat 10 cheese and 8 bread the bread would be the limiting reagent because it determines the total amount of sandwiches

Answer 2

$\huge \text{Limiting\: Reagent }$

✍ Many a time, the reactions are carried out when the reactants are not present in the amount as required by a balanced chemical reaction.

✍ In such situations, one reactant is in excess over the other. This reactant which is present in the lesser amount gets consumed after sometime and after that no for the reaction takes place where be the amount of the other reactant present.

✍ Hence the reactant which gets consumed, limits the amount of product formed and is therefore called $\large \text{Limiting\: Reagent. }$

$\huge \text{Note }$

✍ In performing stoichiometric calculations this aspect is also to be kept in mind.