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1. What is surface area?

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2. What is the relation between surface area and collision theory?
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3. How surface area can affect reaction rate? Please explain your opinion briefly!
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4. Give conclusion for surface area in reaction rate from your information that you
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1. What is surface area?

Surface area is the exposed matter of a solid substance.

2. What is the relation between surface area and collision theory?
When we cut up a piece of a solid, we increase its surface area. By doing this, we expose
more of its particles to attack by other reactant particles. Therefore we increase the
chance of collisions between reactant particles. Increasing the surface area of the
reactants results in a higher number of reaction sites. Reaction sites - specific sites on
molecules at which reactions occur. Increasing the number of reaction sites increases the
number of total collisions. The greater the frequency of total collisions, the greater the
frequency of effective collisions. If the frequency of effective collisions increases, so
does the reaction rate.
3. How surface area can affect reaction rate? Please explain your opinion briefly!
As we increase the surface area of the reactants, we increase the rate of reaction.
Increasing the surface area of a solid reactant exposes more of its particles to attack.
These results in an increased chance of collisions between reactant particles, so there are
more collisions in any given time and the rate of reaction increases.
4. Give conclusion for surface area in reaction rate from your information that you
already got by observing from literatures!
The larger surface area of reactant is increasing the rate of reaction and the smaller
surface area of reactant the rate of reaction is slower.

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