2H2 + O2 → 2H2O What happens to the kinetic energy of molecules when they are heated?
Chemistry
Chemistry
1 Answer
Apr 6, 2018
The kinetic energy of molecules in a system can be graphed as a distribution. When heat is added to the system,
more molecules have more energy, on average.
This is why kinetics depends on temperature so heavily, and reactions generally proceed at faster rates at higher temperatures.
More molecules are overcoming the activation energy
