EA

[Melissa Solis 1H]

Is there is a difference between Ea and EA?

[Hannah Biju 1E]

I believe they can be interpreted as the same thing, but you might want to be careful because EA could also probably be interpreted as electron affinity.

[abby hyman]

I agree^^ I think you can interpret them the same but usually the A is at least written as a subscript for Activation Energy , if not also lowercase

[Julianna_flores3E]

I am pretty sure that they mean the same thing in the context of the work we are doing, however, as stated above EA could also mean electron affinity.

[Vivian_Le_1L]

They are both the same thing. Different people write it differently, but pretty much the same.

[Nan_Guan_1L]

we generally use Ea for activation energy.

[Jerry_T]

It depends on the textbook, but in Dr. Lavelle's lectures, E_a is used to denote activation energy.

[Lillian]

If the a in Ea is subtext, it's referring to activation energy, I think.

[Andreas Krumbein 1L]

Ea is activation energy while EA is in the game.

[IshanModiDis2L]

In lecture, Ea is used to denote activation energy. I find the pun made above very amusing however ^

[Aaron Akhavan-Dis1B]

Didn't see much use of EA, so I'm gonna assume they both mean activation energy? I'd rather use Ea because the capital and subscript make it more obvious that it's an energy.

[Anthony_Sandoval_1D]

It really depends on the book and class but in our case, they mean the same thing. I would just use Ea though since that is what is primarily used in lecture.

[Jennifer Fuentes 2K]

hi i believe they both mean the same. Activation energy is the minimum amount of energy required to initiate a reaction. It is the height of the potential energy barrier between the potential energy minima of the reactants and products.

[Jake 1F]

I think they're the same

[Amy Jordan 2A]

Hi, I think they are the same but definitely be aware of whether the a is a subscript or not.

[605733348]

I think no

[Crystal Ma 2J]

I believe they are the same thing

[Benicio Rivera 1F]

They are exactly the same, EA is just cooler to write compared to Ea.

[Emma Goellner 2I]

I usually see Ea used to represent activation energy, but I'm sure if you see EA in a problem it probably means the same thing. However, as other people mentioned, it could stand for electron affinity.

[Anubhav_Chandla1G]

I suppose they are both referring to the same thing. The smallest quantity of energy necessary to start a reaction is known as activation energy. It is the height of the potential energy barrier between the reactants' and products' potential energy minima.

[305589333]

If the subscript is a then it would be activation energy

[Anish_Marripati_2F]

Ea is used more often to say activation energy.

[BriannaDis2C]

Ea is used to denote activation energy. I don’t think there is another meaning (in chemistry at least).

[Grace Chen 3F]

I think they are the same thing. Just activation energy.