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    | • | IV. Physical
    state of reactants:  reactions in 
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    |  | solution
    (liquids) are often very fast. In the 
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    |  | solid state
    molecules have limited motion, 
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    |  | in the gas phase
    have large distances 
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    |  | between molecules
    and not many collisions 
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    |  | so these
    reactions may be slower. In the 
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    |  | liquid phase the
    molecules (ions) are able to 
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    |  | move and are
    close to each other. 
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