How change of

temperature and pressure

affects the rate of reaction.

By: Yassin .N, Negm, Youssef .A and Omar.M

The Collision Theory

● Reactions only happen when particles

collide with one another.
● Particles can only start a reaction if
they collide with enough energy,
which is called activation energy.
● Reactions can be sped up and slowed
down by a multitude of factors
concerning the particles.
● The speed in which a reaction occurs
is called the rate of reaction.
● The Collision Theory predicts the rate
of reaction for any given reaction.
How temperature affects the rate of reaction.

● Increasing the temperature makes the

particles move faster causing the particles
to collide more frequently and speed up
the rate of reaction.
● Higher temperatures lead to increased
kinetic energy of molecules, which
leads the molecules to move faster,
leading to an increased molecular
speed.
● Faster moving molecules collide with
more force, which is crucial for
overcoming activation energy barriers.
 Effect of Pressure on the Rate of Reaction

● When the pressure increases in a gaseous reaction, the rate

of the reaction increases, this is due to increased molecular
speed under pressure due to less space/compression and
increased energy.

● The more pressure there is the more reactant particles will

exist per unit volume.

● The previous statements work in reverse, as when the

pressure decreases the rate of the reaction respectively
decreases, this is because there exists less stress on the
given space that the molecules can traverse in.

● So, when the pressure decreases the number of reactant

particles per unit volume will decrease.