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Why a crushed solid reacts with a gas more quickly than a large chunk of the same solid?
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∙ 13y ago
It has to do with surface area. A crushed quantity of a solid substance has a much greater surface area than the solid chunk. The gas reacts with the surface of a solid. The same is true for solids and liquids.
Pulverizing or grinding a substance increases the rate of reaction, many small particles have more total area than large particles.So by increasing the surface area of reactants it allows collisions with other reactants which increases the reaction rate.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agosolids are tightly packed and liquids aren't. liquids are tighter than gas so gas reacts faster.
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∙ 11y agoYes. Gases are more reactive than solids and liquids.
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∙ 13y agoyes, gases are less dense than liquids and solids because the mass of gas particles can be neglected according to liquids and solids according to gaseous theory
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∙ 11y agoBecause molecules in a liquid are not bound the way they are in solids and they can move freely so diffusion happens faster too.
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∙ 13y agoliquids react faster than solids
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