Chemistry A-Level
Collision frequency and rate
What Collision frequency and rate means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Collision frequency and rate
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A larger proportion of molecules with energy at or above the activation energy gives more frequent successful collisions, so the rate increases.
Topics that use Collision frequency and rate
- Reaction rates (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Activation energy
- Alternative reaction pathway
- Boltzmann distribution
- Catalysis and activation energy
- Catalyst examples
- Catalyst regenerated and not consumed
- Catalyst regenerated in the mechanism
- collision frequency
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