Question

In a reaction done in room temp itself the reactants get thermal energy right? Now here this thermal energy will be more than enough to counter the force due to charges right? So do they only collide with all atoms present in the reactants randomly and if that collision is stable they form bond otherwise they dont?

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Explanation:

According to the collision theory, the following criteria must be met in order for a chemical reaction to occur: Molecules must collide with sufficient energy, known as the activation energy, so that chemical bonds can break. Molecules must collide with the proper orientation.If the particles collide with less energy than the activation energy, nothing important happens. They bounce apart. You can think of the activation energy as a barrier to the reaction. Only those collisions which have energies equal to or greater than the activation energy result in a reaction.As temperature increases, molecules gain energy and move faster and faster. ... Therefore, the greater the temperature, the higher the probability that molecules will be moving with the necessary activation energy for a reaction to occur upon collision.