01:160:162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Elementary Reaction, Reaction Step, Collision Theory

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Collision between particles must be (cid:1445)effective(cid:1446) particles must have the necessary orientation for reaction to take place. But proper orientation may not be enough. Collision must also have enough e to overcome the activation barrier. If either of these two criteria are not met, no reaction will take place. According to collision theory, reactants must collide for reaction to occur. Some simple reactions may proceed in a single step as suggested by balanced equation for reaction ex. Reaction occurs as direct result of one effective collision of i- and ch3br. Now consider: n2 (g) + 3h2 (g) 2 nh3 (g) Highly unlikely that this reaction occurs in one step since it would require 4 molecules to collide simultaneously while all having the proper orientations. Instead, overall reaction is accomplished in simpler steps. Series of simple steps (i. e. elementary reactions) that reactants go through to become the final products of a reaction.

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