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Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:31 pm
by Shundeen Martinez 1D
What's the difference between a reactant and a reagent? Are they just used interchangeably?

Re: Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:32 pm
by Brandon_Tran_2E
Interchangeably. :)

Re: Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:34 pm
by Alex Alonso - 4F
They're the same thing :)

Re: Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???  [ENDORSED]

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:45 pm
by juliasloan_4g
In lecture, Dr. Lavelle said that reactant is used in the hypothetical sense when doing calculations but reagent is when you are referring to a lab setting and actually doing the experiment. For the purposes of the class, because there is no lab component they can be interpreted as the same thing.

Re: Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:47 pm
by tierra parker 1J
They are the same thing. Reagent would be what you physically have in the lab and reactant is what you would read and write on paper.

Re: Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 8:52 pm
by Kassidy Tran 1E
In the textbook it states that reagents are the chemicals available in a laboratory. When a reagent is being used in a particular reaction it is called a reactant.

Re: Limiting Reactant vs. Reagent???

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 2:22 am
by BenJohnson1H
Typically, the reagent is the tangible and physical form of the reactant as seen in a lab, not just a hypothetical reactant on paper.