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Unit 3: Equilibrium, Acids and Redox
Quick questions on Collision theory and reaction rates - TCE Chemistry (Tasmania)
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What is the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution?Show answer
At any temperature the particles in a sample have a spread of kinetic energies, shown by the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Only the particles to the right of the activation energy on this curve can react. Raising the temperature shifts the whole distribution to higher energies and, crucially, greatly increases the fraction of particles above . This is why a modest temperature rise produces a large rate increase.
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