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the difference between the energy of an activated complex and the energy of the reactants of a chemical reaction; the energy with which particles must collide in order to react

• Catalyst

• Activation Energy

• Equilibrium

• Reaction Rate

a collection of intermediate structures in a chemical reaction that persist while bonds break and new bonds form; a range of configurations that atoms pass through in between clearly defined products and reactants

• catalyst

• Le Chatelier's Principle

• spontaneous reaction

• activated complex

the alteration of the rate of a chemical reaction because of the presence of a catalyst

• forward reaction

• catalysis

• equilibrium

• potential energy diagram

a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy without being chemically changed by the reaction

• reaction rates

• Le Chatelier's Principle

• catalyst

• activated complex

the concentrations of the reactants and products are constant and their ratio does not vary; forward and reverse reactions occur at the same rate

• potential energy diagram

• equilibrium

• forward reaction

• reversible reaction

a chemical reaction that proceeds from left to right

• forward reaction

• catalyst

• spontaneous reaction

• reaction rates

a principle that states that a reversible reaction at equilibrium will shift is a direction that will offset a stress such as pressure or concentration changes, imposed on a system

• catalysis

• forward reaction

• potential energy diagram

• Le Chatelier's Principle

a diagram that shows the potential energy changes of the substances in a reaction over a period of time

• reaction rates

• spontaneous reaction

• activated complex

• potential energy diagram

changes in the concentration of reactants and products per unit of time as the reaction proceeds

• reaction rates

• Le Chatelier's Principle

• reversible reaction

• equilibrium

a reaction in which the conversion of reactants to products and the conversion of products to reactants occurs simultaneously

• potential energy diagram

• catalysis

• reversible reaction

• spontaneous reaction