If you feed 100 kg of n2 gas and 100 kg of h2 gas into a
reactor. what is the limiting reactant?

N₂ is the limiting reactant

Explanation:

The balanced reaction between N₂ gas and H₂ gas is:

N₂ + 3H₂ → 2NH₃

In order to determine the limiting reactant, we have to calculate the number of moles of each rectant, using their molecular weight:

Lastly, we multiply the number of moles of N₂ by 3, and the number of moles of H₂ by 1; due to the coefficients in the balanced reaction. Whichever number is lower, belongs to the limiting reactant.

N₂ => 10.7

H₂ => 50.0

Thus N₂ is the limiting reactant