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If the activation energy required for a chemical reaction were reduced, what would happen to the rate of the reaction?
The rate would increase.
The rate would decrease.
The rate would remain the same.
The rate would be zero.
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The rate would increase.
Lowering the activation energy Ea increases the factor e^(−Ea/RT) in the Arrhenius equation k = A·e^(−Ea/RT), so the rate constant k (and thus the reaction rate) rises. Catalysts work by lowering Ea.
Lowering the activation energy Ea increases the factor e^(−Ea/RT) in the Arrhenius equation k = A·e^(−Ea/RT), so the rate constant k (and thus the reaction rate) rises. Catalysts work by lowering Ea.
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