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If 14 moles of oxygen react with 14 moles of hydrogen to produce water, what is the

limiting reactant?
A. oxygen
B. there is no limiting reactant
C. hydrogen
D. water

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Hydrogen is the limiting reactant because when doing a stoichiometry equation for the reactants, hydrogen will be used completely by having a smaller yield and oxygen will be excess (7 moles to be exact)
If 14 moles of oxygen react with 14 moles of hydrogen to produce water, what is the-example-1
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