Generally, the activation energy is given by heat, so, you must watch carefully the temperature of the reaction, because you can get undesired products in the reaction, or yielding nothing at all.
A chemical reaction begin only if the activation energy has a specific value.
Activation energy is the least amount of energy needed to start a chemical reaction. It is used to activate atoms or molecules in order for them to begin a chemical reaction.
Any catalyst will make a chemical reaction easier or quicker to happen by lowering the activation energy. On a energy diagram, you will see a lower "hill" for activation energy, which corresponds to less energy required to begin the reaction.
This is the activation energy.
Catalysts decrease activation energy.
The term for the amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to start is called activation energy. It is the energy required to initiate a reaction by overcoming the energy barrier between reactants and products.
Catalysts greatly reduce the amount of activation energy needed to begin a reaction.
The activation energy of an endothermic reaction is at least as large as its enthalpy change because the reactants require a minimum amount of energy to reach the transition state where bond-breaking and bond-forming occur. The enthalpy change represents the overall energy difference between reactants and products but does not account for the energy needed to overcome the energy barrier (activation energy) for the reaction to proceed.
When a lit match is touched to the wick of a candle, the candle begins to burn. When the match is removed, the candle continues to burn.
Enzymes catalyze biochemical reaction in organisms by lowering the activation energy to begin a reaction, which, of course, requires some energy input.
The activation energy, once put in force, will be affected by the density, static, and kinectic energy of an object, but will still have a direct impact on the energy of reaction that is yielded from the initial force.
Your answer is asked on a too broad spectrum. A brief explanation: A chemical reaction is a reaction where certain molecules are reformed to other molecules. To split Water (H2O) into H2 and O2, it needs to be heated to 1800 C, requiring approximately 7524 Kj. However; Sodium (Na) is an alkaline metal, which produces a chemical reaction when it merely touches air or water. PS: Water is more often split with electrolyse (with electricity) than with thermolyse The general sort of energy required is the activation energy. Which can be all kinds of energy.