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First premise: Reactants must collide in order to react and form products. A 2 + B 2 2 AB Collision Theory
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First premise: Reactants must collide in order to react and form products. A 2 + B 2 2 AB Second premise: Reactants must have the correct orientation to form the products upon collision
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Collision Theory First premise: Reactants must collide in order to react and form products. A 2 + B 2 2 AB Second premise: Reactants must have the correct orientation to form the products upon collision Third premise: Reactants must have sufficient energy for the collision to result in formation of products E < E a
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Collision Theory First premise: Reactants must collide in order to react and form products. A 2 + B 2 2 AB Second premise: Reactants must have the correct orientation to form the products upon collision Third premise: Reactants must have sufficient energy for the collision to result in formation of products E > E a
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Reaction progress Energy EaEa Activated complex: an unstable transition state between reactants and products. It can either fall back down on the reactant side or go on to the product side. H rxn
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Reaction progress Energy EaEa H rxn EaEa A catalyst speeds up the rate of a reaction by lowering the activation barrier
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Reaction progress Energy H rxn EaEa A catalyst speeds up the rate of a reaction by lowering the activation barrier
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