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Rate of reaction.
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Rate Of Reaction A chemical reaction is when one substance is turned it into another. example A steel rod rusting. The rusting happens because the iron in the metal combines with oxygen in the atmosphere. An ice cube, in a solid state, melting into a liquid is not a reaction. That is a physical change. Single reactions often happen as part of a larger series of reactions. Take something as simple as moving your arm. The contraction of that muscle requires sugars for energy, those sugars need to be metabolised. Proteins need to move in a certain way to make the muscle contract. A whole series (hundreds actually) are needed to make it happen. RATE = SPEED The rate of a reaction is the speed at which a reaction happens. If a reaction has a low rate that means the molecules combine at a slower speed than a reaction with a high...
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