Develop a plot that shows how a rate constant is affected by changes in
temperature for Eact = 10, 20, 40, and 80 kJ/mol.
ANSWER;
The formula to find rate of the reaction is
K = Ae
Where K = rate constant
A = frequency factor
e = mathematical quanity
EA = activation energy
R = gas constant (8.31)
T = tempertaure in Kelvin
on sub the value 20 in the equation we will get 1.21 *10 and for 30 it will be 2.23
By increasing the temperature by 10°, the rate of reaction to almost double. This is the value in the rule-of-thumb often used in simple rate of reaction work.The rate constant goes on increasing as the temperature goes up, but the rate of increase falls off quite rapidly at higher temperatures.
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