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| the step-by-step sequence of reactions by which the overall chemical change occurs |
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| species that appear in some steps but not in the net equation |
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| a reaction whose reactants and products exist in a single phase |
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| the set of assumptions regarding collisions and reactions |
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| is the minimum energy required to transform the reactants into an activated complex |
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| a transitional structure that results from an effective collision and that persists while old bonds are breaking and new bonds are forming |
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| the change in concentration of reactants per unit time as a reaction proceeds |
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| the area of chemistry that is concerned with reaction rates and reaction mechanisms |
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| involve reactants in two different phases |
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| is a substance that changes the rate of a chemical reaction without itself being permanently consumed |
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| a catalyst that is in the same phase as all the reactants and products in a reaction system |
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| when its phase is different from that of the reactants |
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| an equation that relates reaction rate and concentrations of reactants |
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| the power to which a reactant concnetration is raised |
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| the slowest rate step for a chemical reaction |
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