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Grade 9Physical Chemistry

In summer, a given sample of milk turns sour at 27°C in 48 hours. In a 2 refrigerator at 2°C, milk can be stored three times longer before it sours. Calculate the activation energy of the souring of milk

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12 Years agoGrade 9
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11 Years ago
logk2/k1=Ea/2.303*R(T2-T1/T1*T2)
log1/3=Ea/2.303*8.314(275-300/275*300)
Ea=30.14kj

since the rate at 27degree clsius is 3 times more faster than at 2 degree celsius
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11 Years ago
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