Thermodynamics and Kinetics · Thermodynamics

Collision Theory and Rates

Investigating how molecular collisions lead to chemical change and how to manipulate reaction speed.

Key Questions

  1. 1What must occur at the molecular level for a collision to be successful?
  2. 2How do catalysts lower the energy barrier for a reaction?
  3. 3Why does increasing the concentration of reactants speed up a process?

Common Core State Standards

HS-PS1-5
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Chemistry
Unit: Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Period: Thermodynamics

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