Question

Explain the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction.

Answer 1

1. Rate of reaction: The rate of reaction is defined as the speed at which the reaction proceeds and is expressed as a change in concentration of reactants or products with a change in time.
2. Effect of temperature: The rate of the reaction rises with increasing temperature because the number of collisions increases with increasing temperature because the kinetic energy of molecules increases with increasing temperature.
3. Furthermore, when more molecules achieve threshold energy (the lowest amount of energy that reactant molecules must have for effective collisions), the number of effective collisions increases.
4. As a result, as the temperature rises, so does the pace of the reaction.