Question

what is stiocheometry?

Answer 1

Stoichiometry is founded on the law of conservation of mass where the total mass of the reactants equals the total mass of the products leading to the insight that the relations among quantities of reactants and products typically form a ratio of positive integers. This means that if the amounts of the separate reactants are known, then the amount of the product can be calculated. Conversely, if one reactant has a known quantity and the quantity of product can be empirically determined, then the amount of the other reactants can also be calculated.

This is illustrated in the image here, where the balanced equation is:

CH
4 + 2 O
2 → CO
2 + 2 H
2O.

Answer 2

Stoichiometry is basically the relationship between the relative quantities of substances taking part in a reaction or forming a compound, typically a ratio of whole integers.