Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution

peak

represents most likely energy of any molecule - more molecules with this energy than with any other energy

area under graph

total number of molecules

molecule energies

average energy to the right of peak

tail of graph is asymptotic to x-axis - small possibility of a very high energy molecule

activation energies

left side of activation energy mark - molecules have less energy so they can’t react

right sdie - molecules have more energy so they can react

temperature

area under graph remains the same

increases average energy of molecules - maximum moves to the right of original - lowers no of particles with that energy - shorter peak