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1
Q

What does the average energy per particle roughly equal?

A

kT

2
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What is activation energy?

A

The energy needed to make something happen.

3
Q

What does Ea/kT have to equal for the reaction to start happening at a “fair rate”?

A

15-30

4
Q

What does the Boltzmann factor give?

A

The ratio of the numbers of particles in energy states E joules apart, at a temperature T in kelvins.

5
Q

What does the Boltzmann factor vary with?

A

Temperature.