Describe how surface area affects the rate of a reaction.

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When there is more surface area, there are more surfaces and things to react on, and therefore the reaction would be faster

David Pokluda answered May 22, 2017

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The greater the surface area between reactants, the greater the rate of the reaction.

Logiraptor answered May 25, 2017

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