8 10.7 Study of fast reactions 10.7.1 Basic consideration What is fast reaction? a fast reaction is that can proceed very fast and complete in less than few seconds Examples: Neutralization reaction, explosion reaction and recombination reaction of radicals Basic characteristics: 1)The activation energy of fast reaction is usually less than 40 kJ mol-l and with k s high as 10 dm mol-s- (2) This kind of reaction is difficult to study using ordinary methodsWhat is fast reaction? A fast reaction is that can proceed very fast and complete in less than few seconds. Basic characteristics: (1) The activation energy of fast reaction is usually less than 40 kJ mol -1 and with k as high as 1011 dm3 mol-1 s -1 . (2) This kind of reaction is difficult to study using ordinary methods. Examples: Neutralization reaction, explosion reaction and recombination reaction of radicals §10.7 Study of fast reactions 10.7.1 Basic consideration: