Chemistry A-Level
energy requirement
What energy requirement means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of energy requirement
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Reference: AQA
The particles must arrive with at least a minimum combined kinetic energy, enough to start breaking the existing bonds and reach the transition state.
Topics that use energy requirement
- Collision theory (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Activation energy
- orientation
- spread of molecular energies
- successful collisions
- transition state
- collision theory
- unsuccessful collisions
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