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Requirements for a Reaction to Happen

There are 2 main requirements for a successful reaction to take place:

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Collisions

  • Particles of the reactants have to collide.
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Activation energy

  • The collisions that happen between particles of the reactants must take place with enough energy.
    • This threshold amount of energy is called the activation energy.

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