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Title: Chapter 12

Description: Stoichiometry

Total Flash Cards: 7

Created: 02/08/2008 09:16:25

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Stoichiometry
 Definition
the study of quantitative relationships between amounts of reactants used and products formed by a chemical reaction
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mole ratio
 Definition
ratio between the number of moles of any two substances in a balanced chemical equation
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limiting reactant

 Definition
limits the extent of the reaction and determines the amount of product
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excess reactant
 Definition
left-over reactants
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theoretical yield
 Definition
the maximum amount of product that can be produced from a given amount of reactant
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actual yield
 Definition
the amount of product actually produced in an experiment
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percent yield
 Definition

the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield