Reaction Kinetics · Chemical Reactions
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution
Using statistical distributions to explain the effect of temperature on reaction rates.
Key Questions
- 1How does the distribution of molecular energies change as temperature increases?
- 2Why is the area under the Maxwell-Boltzmann curve constant for a fixed sample size?
- 3How does the addition of a catalyst shift the proportion of effective collisions?
MOE Syllabus Outcomes
MOE: Reaction Kinetics - JC1
Level: JC 1
Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Reaction Kinetics
Period: Chemical Reactions
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