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A smaller particle size means a larger surface area, which in turn, means that more of that substance is exposed to the other reactant(s). This facilitates more collisions which means a faster reaction will happen. Dissolving a substance in water is the ultimate way to decrease particle size/increase surface area which is why many reactions are carried out in solution because outside solution they would take forever.

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By decreasing this you can speed up a chemical reaction?

Decreasing the activation energy can speed up a chemical reaction. This can be achieved by increasing temperature, using a catalyst, or altering the reaction conditions to favor the formation of products.


How does pressure speed up a chemical reaction?

Increasing pressure can speed up a chemical reaction by bringing reactant particles into closer contact more frequently, leading to more successful collisions. This increased pressure can also alter the equilibrium of the reaction, favoring the formation of products. Additionally, higher pressure can increase the energy of the collisions between reactant particles, making them more likely to overcome the activation energy barrier for the reaction to occur.


Which of the following tends to increase the rate of a chemical reaction?

Increasing the temperature of the reactants can increase the rate of the chemical reaction.


What increases the reaction rate by increasing particle speed?

An increase in temperature will increase the speed of the particles and cause the particles to both bump into one another more frequently and with more energy thus increasing the reaction rate.


Does the change of temperature will slow or faster the chemical reaction?

No, an increase in temperature will speed up the reaction. This is because the heat energy is transferred into kinetic energy (movement energy) in the reactors and this increases their speed and so increases the rate at which they collide with each other, increasing the rate of the chemical reaction.

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By decreasing this you can speed up a chemical reaction?

Decreasing the activation energy can speed up a chemical reaction. This can be achieved by increasing temperature, using a catalyst, or altering the reaction conditions to favor the formation of products.


Will a smaller surface speed up a chemical reaction?

No. A smaller surface area will slow down a chemical reaction.


What is the speed at which new particles form in a chemical reaction?

13,450mph Source chemisty


What is chemical reaction in an enzyme?

to speed up a chemical reaction


What can speed up a chemical reaction by decreasing?

chemical reaction


What is lowered to speed up a chemical reaction?

Activation energy is lowered to speed up a chemical reaction.


How is the speed of chemical reaction related to the spontaneity of the reaction?

The speed of a given chemical reaction is directly responsible for spontaneity of the reaction. The reaction force and effect is contingent upon the speed of the reaction. The faster the reaction, the more force will be produced.


What can a chemical reaction be speeded up by?

A catalyst can speed up a chemical reaction.


How does pressure speed up a chemical reaction?

Increasing pressure can speed up a chemical reaction by bringing reactant particles into closer contact more frequently, leading to more successful collisions. This increased pressure can also alter the equilibrium of the reaction, favoring the formation of products. Additionally, higher pressure can increase the energy of the collisions between reactant particles, making them more likely to overcome the activation energy barrier for the reaction to occur.


What do enzymes to do a chemical reaction?

Enzymes are catalysts in a chemical reaction, they are used in chemistry to increase the speed of a specific chemical reaction. A single enzyme will not speed up multiple chemical reactions, usually it is limited to one reactant.


How does average particle speed affect the reaction rate?

As the speed of the particles increase, it causes them to collide with the other particles in which they are reacting with more frequently, increasing the reaction rate.


Element used to speed up chemical reactions?

Anything that is added to a chemical reaction that's intended to speed up the reaction - is a catalyst.