medium · MCAT chem-phys
In a laboratory synthesis of ammonia (N_2 + 3H_2 rightarrow 2NH_3), a student reacts 2 mol of nitrogen gas with 3 mol of hydrogen gas.
Which reactant is the limiting reagent?
- NH_3
- H_2
- Neither, the reactants are in stoichiometric balance.
- N_2
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