Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (9th Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1133949649
ISBN 13: 978-1-13394-964-0

Chapter 14 Chemical Kinetics: The Rates of Chemical Reactions - 14-5 A Microscopic View of Reaction Rates - Review & Check for Section 14-5 - Page 539: 2

Answer

B

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Activation energy is not a function of temperature and higher temperatures do not provide alternate reaction paths. Pressure has a rather weak effect on reaction rates. The energy of molecules is a distribution, and increasing the temperature, molecules will have energy higher than the activation energy.
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