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IN CHAPTERS 15 AND 16, WE SAW THAT ELEMENTARY REACTIONS may be unimolecular, bimolecular, or termolecular. In a unimolecular step, a molecule with excess energy concentrates enough energy in the bond or bonds to be broken and movement to product occurs. In a bimolecular or termolecular step, the reactant molecules come together in an inelastic collision. When enough kinetic energy is transformed to potential energy, movement to products occurs. In most cases, these processes involve passage over a potential energy barrier, as figureindicates.
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Duffey, G.H. (2000). Reaction Rate Theory. In: Modern Physical Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4297-1_18
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