Briefly Outline the Key Arguments in the Collision Theory of Reaction

question 76

Essay

Briefly outline the key arguments in the collision theory of reaction rates for the elementary reaction
C + D  products
Show that this theory predicts a second-order rate law, and how it predicts the form of the rate constant k.

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