Collision theory

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– describe a chemical reaction at the microscopic level as a collision of reactant molecules
– discuss the factors that govern the effectiveness of collisions
– explain the course of a reaction in terms of activation energy and an activated complex
– use energy diagrams to show the course of a reaction
– define a reaction mechanism
– give examples of chemical reactions that do not require collisions between molecules to occur.