before you retire in the evening, you sit down for a snack of milk and cookies. when you waken in the morning, you discover a ca
rton of sour milk on the counter. knowing that milk sours if left in the refrigerator too long, has the reaction rate increased or decreased for the carton of milk on the counter? what has happened to its reaction time
We know that the higher the temperature the higher the rate of reaction. This implies that as the temperature is increased, a reaction tends to proceed faster.
This follows from the collision theory, the higher the temperature, the higher the energy of the reacting particles hence they collide with each other faster and more effectively.
Thus the rate of reaction( or reaction time) for the carton of milk on the counter was increased.
