reaction rates
How fast chemicals
Reaction rates measure how quickly chemical reactions proceed—how fast reactants transform into products.
Factors like temperature, concentration, surface area, and catalysts affect the rate.
A reaction with a high rate completes quickly; a slow rate means the process takes longer.
Increasing temperature typically increases reaction rates.
The field studying these rates is called chemical kinetics.
- Arrhenius equationRate-temperature mathematical relationship
- energy barrierMinimum needed to react
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- heatTransferred thermal energy
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