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What is the relationship between catalysts and the collision theory of reactions?

Asked by shared3 (921points) April 1st, 2008

Ok, I know catalysts lower the necessary activation energy for a reaction to occur and speed up the rate of the reaction without being consumed, but what does that have to do with the collision theory of reactions, which holds that things must collide with enough energy to break bonds and with the proper orientation. But what do catalysts actually do to the molecules in a reaction?

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