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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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