Reaction profile
What Reaction profile means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A graph of energy on the vertical axis against progress of reaction on the horizontal axis, starting at the reactant energy level and ending at the product energy level.
A graph of energy against reaction progress, joining the reactant and product levels with a single curved line that rises to a peak then falls.
Topics that use Reaction profile
- Reaction profiles (AQA GCSE)
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