homework help: Are transition states (in chemistry) short-lived?

This post left anonymously

Are transition states (in chemistry) short-lived?

It’s part of my homework.

This open post was written 1 year ago | V/U/S: 889, 1, 1 | Edit Post | Leave a reply | Report Post

Since writing this post Anonymous may have helped people, but has not within the last 4 days.

Where were you?

Click and drag to move the map around. FAQ: How we place people on this map »
You can also watch events on Help.com as they happen

Mouse over the map for 2 seconds to see an expanded, interactive view

Zirbel 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (16 minutes after post)

Quote:
“The transition states for chemical reactions are proposed to have lifetimes near 10^13 seconds”
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transiti…

A logged in and verified Help.com member has the ability to setup a Friends List and invite others to help with posts.