Activation Energy Exothermic Diagram. Energy is released in the reaction. Starts at the energy of the reactants is equal to the difference in energy between the top of the hump and the reactant the overall.
It is drawn in energy level diagrams as a hump. The heat of the reaction is represented by the symbol δh δ h where. Catalysts reduce the activation energy needed for a reaction to happen this lower activation energy is shown by the dotted red line in the diagram here.
High activation energy means high energy required to have a successful collision between the particles such as combustion.
The activation energy is shown as a hump in the line which. On an energy profile the activation energy is measured from the energy of the reactants to the peak of the energy profile diagram. The lower the activation energy the faster the reaction will proceed. Gibbs free energy example.