What is the activation energy of a reaction ?

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What is the activation energy of a reaction ?

2007-03-09 10:26:21 · 3 answers · asked by Heavy Metal 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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It is the energy that must be overcome for a chemical reaction to occur...

2007-03-09 10:34:47 · answer #1 · answered by My Yahoo Profile 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It's the energy needed to get a reaction started.

Kind of like having to apply heat from a match to start a fire, but then getting much more heat from the resulting fire.

2007-03-09 10:29:48 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

energy needed to get a reaction to proceed

2007-03-09 10:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋