Upon completion of Chapter 9, The student will be able to:

• Define stoichiometry.
•  Describe the importance of the mole ratio in stoichiometric calculations.
•  Write a mole ratio relating two substances in a chemical equation.
• Calculate the amount in moles of a reactant or product from the amount in moles of a different reactant or product.
•  Calculate the mass of a reactant or product from the amount in moles of a different reactant or product.
•  Calculate the amount in moles of a reactant or product from the mass of a different reactant or product.
•  Calculate the mass of a reactant or product from the mass of a different reactant or product.
• Describe a method for determining which of two reactants is a limiting reactant.
• Calculate the amount in moles or mass in grams of a product, given the amounts in moles or masses in grams of two reactants, one of which is in excess.
• Distinguish between theoretical yield, actual yield, and percent yield.
•  Calculate percent yield, given the actual yield and quantity of a reactant.

Labs and activities

Determination of an empirical formula, Determing the percentage composition of a mixture, Investigating the Law of Conservation of Mass, Limiting reactant lab