What causes the observed temperature dependence of reaction rates?

💡 Explanation

The temperature dependence arises because increasing temperature raises the average kinetic energy of reactant molecules; therefore, more collisions possess sufficient energy to surmount the Arrhenius activation energy barrier, leading to an increased reaction rate, rather than altering atomic distances through quantum entanglement.

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