Kinetics and Equilibrium

The minimum energy required for a chemical reaction to occur.

It absorbs heat from its surroundings.

A reaction that releases heat to its surroundings.

Increasing temperature generally increases the reaction rate by providing more energy to the reactants.

Increasing concentration increases the number of collisions between reactant particles, thus increasing the reaction rate.

A catalyst speeds up a reaction by lowering the activation energy without being consumed in the process.

Reactants are substances that undergo a chemical change, while products are the substances formed as a result of the reaction.

It is the state where the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction, resulting in no net change in concentration.

ΔH represents the change in enthalpy, or heat content, of a system during a reaction.

Increasing the surface area of reactants increases the reaction rate by allowing more collisions to occur.