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Peer reviewedPacey, Philip D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Provides background material which relates to the concept of activation energy, fundamental in the study of chemical kinetics. Compares the related concepts of the Arrhenius activation energy, the activation energy at absolute zero, the enthalpy of activation, and the threshold energy. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Kinetics
