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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

why does the area under the maxwell energy distribution curve gets doubled in a particular region?

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14 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer14 Years ago

According to Arrhenius collision ,theare only collisions with energy greater than activation energy will result in the formation of product. For  example.when the temperature increses by 10K,the fraction of molecules having enery equal to or greater than the activation energy increases 2 times.hence. the rate of effective collision increases 2 times too.