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Thermodynamics
tells us whether a reaction
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should occur
spontaneously, but does not
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tell us how fast
the reaction will occur.
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Kinetics tells us
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For example,
thermodynamics says that
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diamond will
spontaneously change into
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graphite.
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Kinetics tells us
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