The Principles of Chemical Reactions

Original bonds break, and atoms rearrange themselves to find new partners, giving birth to a completely new substance with entirely different properties.

The Principles of Chemical Reactions — For atoms to meet and react, they must collide forcefully in the correct orientation while possessing sufficient energy.

For atoms to meet and react, they must collide forcefully in the correct orientation while possessing sufficient energy.

The Principles of Chemical Reactions — From iron rusting and food cooking to fire burning, every change around us is the result of these beautiful chemical reactions.

From iron rusting and food cooking to fire burning, every change around us is the result of these beautiful chemical reactions.

The Principles of Chemical Reactions — There is a special helper that doesn't change itself, but paves the way for other substances to react more easily: the 'catalyst.'

There is a special helper that doesn't change itself, but paves the way for other substances to react more easily: the 'catalyst.'

The Principles of Chemical Reactions — There are also exothermic reactions that release heat and warm up their surroundings, and endothermic reactions that absorb heat and cool down.

There are also exothermic reactions that release heat and warm up their surroundings, and endothermic reactions that absorb heat and cool down.

The Principles of Chemical Reactions — Substances that have finally stabilized through countless reactions serve as the solid foundation shaping our world at this very moment.

Substances that have finally stabilized through countless reactions serve as the solid foundation shaping our world at this very moment.