Tutorial 5
Tutorial 5
Tutorial 5
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2 to getln k 2 = E a1 − E a2 = 1 (E a1 − E a2 )k 1 RT RT RTln k 2 = 1 (72 − 28 kJ/mol)(1 × 10 3 J/kJ)k 1 (8.314 J/K•mol)(298 K)ln k 2 = 17.76 which gives k 2 = 5.16 × 10 7k 1 k 1∴The rate increases 5.2 × 10 7 (52 million!) times with the catalyst.5