Liquid petrol does not ignite spontaneously when exposed to the air because there is not enough molecules that contains energy to reach the activation energy. As a result, the reaction cannot proceed and a supply of energy should be added for the reaction to occur.
High temperature and pressure produce the highest rate of reaction. However, this must be balanced with the high cost of the energy needed to maintain these conditions. Catalysts increase the rate of reaction without affecting the yield. This can help create processes which work well even at lower temperatures.
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Closed system. If the system is not closed, matter or energy can escape from the system. an example of this is if you react magnesium and hydrochloric acid in a open system. The H₂ gas is going to escape making it look like some of the mass disappeared . in that same reaction some in an open system will also loose heat to the surrounding which will make it look like less heat was produced.
In, 1937 Lawrence, in operating his cyclotron, bombarded a molybdenum-96 foil with deuterium ions (2h), producing for the first time an element not found in nature. He was initially unaware that the radioactivity produced by the "bombarded foil" was not from molybdenum but from a new, artificial element. It was his cooperation with Italian-American physicist <span>Emilio Segrè </span>that allowed the new element to be discovered. The answer is Technetium: Tc
