General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 13 - Rates of Reaction - Exercises - Page 566: 13.11

Answer

Two factors that determine whether the collision between two reactions will result in a reaction or not are:

Work Step by Step

1) Do the reactants produce enough energy to get over the activation energy curve or not. 2) The orientation of the particles should be such that they interact and cause a reaction to occur.
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