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A-LevelChemistryReaction kinetics9701/12 · May/June 2013 · Q51 Mark

The diagram shows the Maxwell-Boltzmann energy distribution curves for molecules of a sample of a gas at two different temperatures. Which letter on the axes represents the most probable energy of the molecules at the lower temperature? [Figure 5.1]

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C: C

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Reaction kinetics, A-Level Chemistry (syllabus 9701). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Chemistry, May/June 2013 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 5.

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