Maxwell Boltzmann distribution

Cards (7)

  • What does the area under the curve represent?
    Amount of particles
  • if temperature gets increased, which direction does the curve shift?
    The curve shifts right and the peak is lower
  • If the temperature decreases which direction does the curve shift?
    The curve shift left under the peak is higher
  • what happens to the amount of particles with energy higher than the activation energy when the curve shift is right?
    Amount of particles with energy higher than the activation energy increases
  • What happens to the amount of particles with energy higher in the activation energy when the curve shifts left?
    Amount of particles decreases
  • Does the end of the curve ever touch the X axis?
    No
  • how does the end of the curve vary between temperature increases and decreases?
    goes higher or lower but never touches