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Collision Orientation Requirement
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A collision reacts only if the colliding particles meet in an orientation bringing the atoms that will bond into contact.
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Carbon monoxide forms carbon dioxide with oxygen far more readily when its carbon end, not its oxygen end, strikes the oxygen molecule.
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A collision between the right particles at the right concentration still fails if their geometry is wrong at impact.