If 1.75 moles of copper (II) chloride react with 2.00 moles of sodium nitrate, which one is the limiting reactant?

1 Answer
Ernest Z.
Oct 15, 2016

Neither one is the limiting reactant, because there is no reaction.

Explanation:

The possible reaction is

#"CuCl"_2"(aq)" + "2NaNO"_3"(aq)" → "Cu"("NO"_3)_2"(aq)" + "2NaCl(aq)"#

All reactants and products are soluble, so there is no reaction.

Related questions
See all questions in Limiting Reagent
Impact of this question
1353 views around the world
You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License