Chapter 3.3, Problem 3.3.1QC

Summary Introduction

To write:

About the temperature, reactant concentrations, product concentrations, the height of the activation energy barrier- an increase in which of these would speed up the net rate of a reaction proceeding in a forward direction.

Introduction:

The reactants that occur naturally may not be at this higher energy state. So, in order to convert to product, there is a need to supply initial energy to take them to intermediate high energy state which is also known as a transition state. The energy which is supplied to take the reactants to the high energy state is termed as the activation energy.