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Which of the following most likely causes the particles in a chemical reaction to slow down?
Thermal energy: the transfer of energy in materials from the random movement of the particles in that material.
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Lowering the temperature
Raising the thermal energy of the particles
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Lowering the temperature.
Cooling removes thermal energy, so particles have less kinetic energy, move more slowly, collide less often and with less energy, and reactions slow down.
Cooling removes thermal energy, so particles have less kinetic energy, move more slowly, collide less often and with less energy, and reactions slow down.
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