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In the simplest terms, the equation shows us that higher temperatures lead to faster reaction rates because the molecules of the reactants involved have more energy.
Shane Parrish • The Great Mental Models Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry and Biology

If the emergency continues and the MK reaction is allowed to run too long, another reaction, deamination, kicks in. It demolishes the “A-frames” in some AMP molecules, leaving the phosphates with nothing to attach to. This is bad news.
Pavel Tsatsouline • The Quick and the Dead: Total Training for the Advanced Minimalist
The reason flux goes one way rather than the other reflects the environmental driving force. In hydrothermal vents, that driving force is hydrogen, which pushes flux in the direction of making new organic molecules. But if hydrothermal flow fluctuates, the concentration of H2 is bound to fall. Leave the vent and the driving force begins to push the
... See moreNick Lane • Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
The speed of a reaction is called its kinetics, which is distinct from but just as important as thermodynamics.
Karen G. Lloyd • Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth
the difference between an exergonic and an endergonic reaction.
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
Metabolisms are made up of hundreds of chemical reactions. Each reaction may be relatively simple: an enzyme may do nothing more than pull a hydrogen atom off a molecule, for instance. But that molecule is then ready to be grabbed by another enzyme that will rework it in another way, and so on through a chain of reactions that can become hideously
... See moreCarl Zimmer • Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Catalysts accelerate change. While they cannot make a reaction happen that would normally not, they can significantly reduce the time required for change to occur. Finding the right catalyst is critical. No single substance increases the rate of all reactions. Because different reactions have different activation energies, there are many different
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