In: Chemistry
You have 0.4mL of acetic acid and 0.4mL of isoamyl alcohol for the experiment. Which is the limiting reactant?
acetic acid mass = volume x density
= 0.4 ml x 1.05 g/ml
= 0.42 g
acetic acid moles = mass / Molar mass of acetic acid
= 0.42 g / ( 60.05 g/mol) = 0.007
isoamyl alcohol mass = vol x density
= 0.4 ml x 0.81 g/ml =0.324 g
isoamyl alcohol moles = mass / molar mass of it
= 0.324 g / 88 g/mol
= 0.0037
acetic acid and isoamyl alcohol react in 1:1 ratio
since relatively isoamyl alcohol is less the liming reagent is isoamyl alcohol
( densities and molar mass values taken from web)