Increasing the temperature of a chemical reaction usually increases greatly the rate of the reaction.The most important reason for this is that increasing the temperature

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Increasing the temperature increases the kinetic energy of the particles, which leads to an increase in the fraction of collisions with energy greater than the activation energy (E_act). This, in turn, leads to an increase in the rate of the reaction.

Increasing the Temperature of a Chemical Reaction Usually Increases Greatly