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Chemistry
Term | Definition |
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Stoichiometry | The calculation of quantities in chemical reactions. |
Limiting Reagent | limits or determines the amount of product that can be formed in a reaction. |
Excess Reagent | limits or determines the amount of product that can be formed in a reaction. |
theoretical yield | the maximum amount of product that could be formed from given amounts of reactants |
actual yield | the amount of product that actually forms when the reaction is carried out in the laboratory. |
percent yield | the ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield expressed as a percent |