Answer:
AgNO₃ will be the limiting reagent.
Explanation:
The balanced reaction is:
AgNO₃ + Li → LiNO₃ + Ag
By reaction stoichiometry (that is, the relationship between the amount of reagents and products in a chemical reaction), the following amounts of each compound participate:
To determine the limiting reagent, you can use a simple rule of three as follows: if by stoichiometry [tex]moles of AgNO_{3} =\frac{0.35 moles of Li*1 mole of AgNO_{3}}{1 mole of Li}[/tex]AgNO₃, how much moles of AgNO₃ will be needed if 0.35 moles of Li react?
moles of AgNO₃= 0.35
But 0.35 moles of AgNO₃ are not available, 0.30 moles are available. Since you have less moles than you need to react with 0.35 moles of Li, AgNO₃ will be the limiting reagent.
