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What happens to the rate of reaction when you decrease the temperature of a chemical reaction?

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Usually it slows the reaction down. This is because of a Kinetic Molecular Theory, which is the idea that molecules need to collide to react. Increasing temperature means they are more likely to collide in a shorter amount of time.
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Depending on what chemicals you use it slows the reaction
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