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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Good morning sir
My doubt is
Why rate of a complex reaction decreases with increase in temperature

Profile image of G Umamaheshwar
7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Vikas TU
7 Years ago
Reason: Because the number of particles starts colliding to each other and hence increases the kinetic energy.
k = Ae^(-E/T)
as T increases k decreases  from the Arhenius eqn.