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If 24 moles oxygen gas combined with 24 moles hydrogen gas, what would be the limiting reactant?

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Hydrogen, since in H2O there are two hydrogen atoms per one oxygen atom. So the hydrogen atoms would run out first so that there are 12 H2O molecules, where all the hydrogen is used and there are 12 oxygen atoms left over
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