Question

An increase in the temperature of reactant causes an increase in the rate of reaction.

Which of the following is the best explanation?

a)the concentration of reactant increases
b) the activation energy decreases
c) the collision frequency increases
d) the fraction of collision with total kinetic energy larger than activation energy
increases

Answer 1

d) The fraction of collision with total kinetic energy larger than activation energy increases.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello,

In this case, kinetic models explain how the rate of a chemical reaction is affected by several factors. In such a way, specifically for temperature, when it increases, the average velocity of the particles is also increased, for that reason, the collision frequency increases since the molecules are more likely to collide as they move faster and encounter to each other.

Nonetheless, it is the minor reason because the main reason is that the effective collisions increase when the temperature is increased, and they are related with the fraction of collision with total kinetic energy that turns out larger than the activation energy, therefore, answer is d).

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