PLEASE READ STEPS A-D BELOW THAT IS ALL BASIC INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERS

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PLEASE READ STEPS A-D BELOW THAT IS ALL BASIC INFORMATION I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.

A. What type of question is this? What "Unit" is this classified under.

B. How did you know. What information is given that indicated this category?

C. What information did you need to solve it. List what is given and how you should go about solving it.

D. Solve the question giving stepwise advice.

The questions below refer to the following diagram: Reaction Process 31. If the reaction were reversible, would the forward or the reverse reaction have a higher activation energy?

Explanation / Answer

A) It is the question from Chemical Kinetics

B) The reaction progress, or reaction path and activation energy we generally discuss in chemical kinetics.

C) We neet energy of reactans and energy of products and energy of intermediates is need to determine whether forward reaction or reverse reaction require higher activation energy,

D)

1) From the X-axis reaction process indicates W is converted to Z and Z is converting W via intermediate Y

2) The potenital energy on Y-axis shows that Z has lowest potential than W and Y

3) The energy required for W to convert Z need to convert into Y first. For that step it requires A amount of energy

4) The energy required for Z to convert W (reverse direction) also has to go via Y. So Z requires B amount of energy

If we compare the energy differences B and A. B is the sum of A and C

So B is larger than A

Therefore it is clear reverse reaction requires higher amount of energy to convert into W

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