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5 ways to teach excess and limiting reagents to 14–16 learners

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Tips for helping learners get to grips with this tricky part of quantitative chemistry

If there is one part of quantitative chemistry that teachers of 14–16 sometimes wish they could avoid, it is excess and limiting reagents. Even the most mathematically-minded students can become bewildered checking and rechecking molar quantities while adjusting for the ratios of reactants and products. It can take time to find a sequence of learning that works for you and your students … so here are five helpful tips on how to teach this tricky topic.

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