Exothermic vs. Endothermic

[Olivia L 4E]

If a reaction has activation energy, is it always endothermic? If not, is it because deltaG plus the activation energy is still less than zero? or is there something else?

[maldonadojs]

All reactions use activation energy, but exothermic reactions just produce more energy than they consumed. So to answer your question, having activation energy does not declare a reaction being endothermic vs exothermic. They could have the same Ea, but they depend on the initial and final energy use. Exothermic has a negative G, while endothermic has a positive G.

[Megan_Ervin_1F]

An endothermic reaction has a higher energy barrier in the forward direction so k forward is greater than k reverse which means that if you heated up a endothermic reaction the k forward would increase so the K overall would also increase and products would be favored

For an exothermic reaction, the activation energy is lower in the forward direction so if you heat up an exothermic reaction k reverse will increase which will result in a lower K and the reaction will favor reactants

[Salena Chowdri 1I]

Both endothermic and exothermic reactions have Ea, however endothermic reactions will have a larger energy barrier to go over.

[hanna_maillard3B]

a reaction is endothermic is the E(a) (activation energy) of the forward reaction is higher than the reverse reaction. therefore, if the temperature increases, the rate constant of the forward reaction will increase because k is dependent on temperature.

[Jacqueline Duong 1H]

Every reaction has activation energy since it is the minimum amount of energy needed to be able to undergo the reaction. Activation energy is the difference in the energy between the transition state and the reactants.

[Megan Kirschner]

An exothermic reaction- the activation energy is lower in the forward direction so if you heat up an exothermic reaction k reverse will increase which will result in a lower K and the reaction will favor reactants

[Rosa Munoz 2E]

Activation energy plays a role in both.

[205150314]

activation energy is in both types of reactions

[CalvinTNguyen2D]

All reactions will have some sort of activation energy. What determines if a reaction is exothermic or endothermic is the final value of the amount of energy still within the system.

[kristi le 2F]

Endothermic and exothermic reactions both have an activation energy. But for endothermic reactions, the products have higher energy than the reactants and for exothermic reactions, the products have lower energy than the reactants.