Re: TOJC: Eact
watanama@plu.edu
Sun, 01 Dec 1996 12:53:39 -0800 (PST)
I am a bit behind on reading my messages, but I don't think anybody has
answered this one.
By having a very small energy of activation, the reaction takes place
readily, without much energy input. This allows for favorable collisions.
On the other hand, chlorination takes more energy, therefore heat or light
is needed while fluorination can take place at room temperature.
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996 mundenhj@plu.edu wrote:
> On page385 it says that "the steps in fluorination have very small
> energies of activation. This allows a relatively large fraction of
> evergetically favorable collisions even at room temperature." I really
> don't understand this statement, and it is driving nuts....someone help.
>
> Thanks,
> Heather
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