energized species

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In an elementary process, a species having sufficient energy to become an
activated complex
, but which does not have the structure of the
activated complex
. If it is not inactivated by collisions it can become an
activated complex
and pass at once into products, after undergoing vibration.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 149. (A glossary of terms used in chemical kinetics, including reaction dynamics (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 164 [Terms] [Paper]