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10. Which of the following changes will affect the activation energy of a reaction? 1. Increasing or decreasing the reaction temperature. 2. Adding a catalyst. 3. Increasing or decreasing the reactant concentrations. A) 1 only B) 2 only C) 3 only D) 1 and 2 E) 1, 2, and 3
Changing the temperature of a reaction does not change the activation energy. It can change the rate of collisions and the fraction of effective collisions.
Catalyst is a substance which does not take part in reaction but provides a new or alternative path with low activation energy for reactants.
It has following properties:
The rate of reaction can increase by increasing the concentration of one or more reactant due to more molecules come closer to each other for collision.
Hence Adding a catalyst will affect the activation energy of a reaction
B) 2 only