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Why does an endothermic reaction require a greater activation energy than an exothermic one?​

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in most of the endothermic reactions the atoms gains electrons from one to another. since the atom gains electrons there is a electron repulsive force between the host and the guest electron . As stability is inversely proportional to electron repulsive force the atom gains energy to attain stability .

The endothermic reaction mostly come under electron affinity

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