Question

What are some examples of real-world things that follow a Boltzmann distribution? How does activation energy affect this process?

Answer 1

The air molecules travelling in the atmosphere with different speeds.

Cooling of nitrogen gas placed in sealed container.

Bouncing balls. These are some examples of real world things that follows a Boltzmann distribution.

Activation energy is the energy that is required for the reactants to cross the energy barrier and forms product.

Only those particles present in area right of activation energy when they collide.

The position of activation energy is estimated by the Maxwell Boltzmann distribution.

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