What happens to the rate of reaction when you decrease the temperature of a chemical reaction?

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Chemistry

Krystal Moon

29 June, 22:44

What happens to the rate of reaction when you decrease the temperature of a chemical reaction?

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Callie Duke · Answer 1

Depending on what chemicals you use it slows the reaction

Jeffrey Cisneros · Answer 2

Usually it slows the reaction down. This is because of a Kinetic Molecular Theory, which is the idea that molecules need to collide to react. Increasing temperature means they are more likely to collide in a shorter amount of time.