What are the reactants in an experiment?

In a chemical reaction the reactants are transformed into products. Generally in a chemical reaction or experiment the reactants undergo chemical change by breaking of old bonds and formation of new bond forming new chemicals which is termed as products. The chemicals which is present initially called reactants. read more

In a chemical equation, reactants are listed on the left side of the arrow, while products are on the right side. If a chemical reaction has an arrow that points both left and right, then substances on both sides of the arrow are reactants as well as products (the reaction proceeds in both directions simultaneously). read more

The objective of this experiment is to discover how varying the relative amounts of reactants affects the amount of product produced in a chemical reaction, and thus confirm the concept of limiting reactants. read more