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Title: If you add a catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction, which of the following 3 is incorrect? Post by: trees123 on Nov 2, 2013 The activation energy decreases
The kinetic energy of the molecules increases The rate of collision of the atoms increase Thank you for the help. The presence of the catalyst opens a different reaction pathway with a lower activation energy. (according to wikipedia) So it cannot be the activation energy that is incorrect. I was sort of stuck between the other two. Title: If you add a catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction, which of the following 3 is incorrect? Post by: tqwolfork on Nov 2, 2013 The activation energy decreases is the one that is incorrect because a catalyst does not affect the energy required to carry out a reaction, the catalyst will just make the reaction go faster like your question says... it just speeds up the reaction
Title: If you add a catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction, which of the following 3 is incorrect? Post by: lesigh on Nov 2, 2013 Content hidden
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