Answer:
The limiting reactant is B.
Explanation:
The equation for the reaction is given below:
2A + 3B —> C + D
The limiting reactant can be obtained as follow:
From the equation above,
2 units of A reacted with 3 units of B.
Therefore, 5 units of A will react with = (5 x 3) /2 = 7.5 units of B.
From the calculation made above, we can see that it will take a higher unit of B i.e 7.5 units than what was given i.e 6 units to react completely with 5 units of A.
Therefore, B is the limiting reactant and A is the excess reactant.
