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What does it mean in chemistry if something is in excess?

Asked by farts10 (1points) June 1st, 2010

when theres a mole ratio of 2 to one in the reaction and there’s 2 moles of each reactant.

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There’s enough of that chemical present that the reaction will completely “use up” the other chemical first.

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