Imagine you mix 16.05 g of methane (CH4) gas and 96.00 g of oxygen (O2) gas and then ignite the mixture. After a bright flash and a loud bang, some water droplets form on the inside of the reaction vessel. a. Write the balanced chemical reaction for the combustion of methane.
b. Depict the process that occurred in the vessel using circles to represent atoms. Represent carbon with black circles, hydrogen with white circles, and oxygen with gray circles. Let one circle (or one molecule made of circles bonded together) represent exactly one mole.
c. How many moles of water can you make? How many moles of carbon dioxide?
d. Will anything be left over? What? How much? e. Identify the following: limiting reagent, excess reagent, and theoretical yield.