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Grade Upto college levelPhysical Chemistry

The rate constant of a chemical reaction increases by 100 times when the temperature is increased from 400 °K to 500 °K. Assuming transition state theory is valid, the value of E/R is

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13 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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13 Years ago

log(k2/k1)= {E/2.303R}{(T2-T1)/T1T2}

=> E/R = 9212