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Question:

Why does increasing the surface area of reactants or catalysts increase the rate of a reaction?

A It increases the likelihood of molecules encountering one another.
explanation

Increased surface area increases the opportunity for reactants to collide with one another. The more surface area that something possesses, the more sites it has available to react.

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