Chemistry GCSE
Concentration and pressure effects
What Concentration and pressure effects means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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More reactant particles in the same volume of solution, or the same number of gas particles squeezed into a smaller volume, makes collisions more frequent.
Topics that use Concentration and pressure effects
- Collision theory and activation energy (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Activation energy
- Catalyst
- Collision frequency
- Collision theory
- Effect of temperature on collision energy
- Experimental control of variables
- Explaining reaction rate in particle terms
- Frequency of collisions
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