Collision energy and reaction rate

Figure 16.2 Collision energy and reaction rate. The reaction equation is shown in the panel. Although many collisions between NO and O3 molecules occur, relatively few have enough energy to cause reaction. At this temperature, only collision a is energetic enough to lead to product the reactant molecules in collisions b and c just bounce off each other.

Figure MM11.1 I The connection between temperature, collision energy, and reaction rate is developed here. The activation energy estabhshes a minimum threshold that must be overcome before a collision can lead to reaction. The number of energetic molecules increases with temperamre, according to the Boltzmann distribution.

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ , ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ , ]

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