The Energy Required to Bring the Substrates of a Reaction

question 90

Multiple Choice

The energy required to bring the substrates of a reaction together in the correct way to reach the transition state is called

• A)free energy.
• B)activation energy.
• C)enthalpy.
• D)entropy.

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