What factors affect the rate of a chemical reaction?

Question

a) Temperature, pressure, and volume

b) Concentration, surface area, and catalysts

c) Electronegativity, ionization energy, and atomic radius

Answer 1

The correct answer is b) Concentration, surface area, and catalysts. These factors affect the rate of a chemical reaction by increasing the frequency of collisions between reactant molecules, increasing the number of effective collisions, and lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. Temperature and pressure can also affect the rate of a reaction, but they do not directly increase the frequency of collisions or lower the activation energy. Electronegativity, ionization energy, and atomic radius are properties of individual atoms and do not directly affect the rate of a chemical reaction.