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Why must the limiting reactant be used to determine the theoretical yield?
13 years ago

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DrBob222

Because the limiting reagent is the one that is completely used. The other reagent, called the excess reagent, is not completely used; using the excess reagent produces MORE product than possible so the theoretical yield based on the excess reagent will be too large.
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