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Define frequency factor.

Important Questions on Reaction Kinetics

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The rate constant of a chemical reaction at a very high temperature will approach
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Consider the given plots for a reaction obeying Arrhenius equation (0°C<T<300°C): ( K and Ea are rate constant and activation energy, respectively )

(I) 

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(II) 

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The Arrhenius plots of two reactions, I and II are shown graphically-

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The graph suggests that-

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A sample of milk splits after 60min at 300K and after 40min at 400K when the population of Iactobacillus acidophilus in it doubles. The activation energy (in kJ/mol) for this process is closest to ______________.

Given: R =8.3 J mol-1K-1 , ln32=0.4

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A reaction has an activation energy of 209 kJ mol-1 . The rate increases 10 -fold when the temperature is increased from 27oC to XoC . The temperature X is closest to

[Gas constant, R=8.314 J mol-1K-1 ]
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In a bimolecular reaction, the steric factor P was experimentally determined to be 4.5. The correct option(s) among the following is(are)
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The rate of a reaction quadruples when the temperature changes from 300 to 310K . The activation energy of this reaction is:

(Assume Activation energy and pre-exponential factor are independent of temperature; ln(2)=0.693; R=8.314 J mol-1K-1)
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Consider the following plots of rate constant versus 1T for four different reactions. Which of the following orders is correct for the activation energies of these reactions?
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The activation energy of a reaction can be determined from the slope of which of the following graphs?
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Two reactions A1 and A2 have identical pre-exponential factors. The activation energy of A1 is more than A2 by 10 kJ mol-1 . If k1 and k2 are the rate constants for reactions A1 and A2, respectively at 300 K, then lnk2k1 is equal to

R=8.314 J mol-1K-1
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For the reaction of H2 with I2, the rate constant is 2.5×10-4 dm3mol-1s-1 at 327oC and 1.0 dm3 mol-1s-1 at 527°C . The activation energy for the reaction, in kJ mol-1 is:

R=8.314 JK-1mol-1
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The activation energy of a reaction is zero. Its rate constant at 280 K is 1.6×10-6s-1, the rate constant at 300 K is
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Consider the following reversible reaction:

A g+B gAB g

The activation energy of the backward reaction exceeds that of the forward reaction by 2RT (in  mol-1). If the pre-exponential factor of the forward reaction is 4 times that of the reverse reaction, the absolute value of G  (in J mol-1) for the reaction at 300 K is ____.

(Given; ln2= 0.7,  = 2500 J mol-1 at 300 K and G is the Gibbs energy)
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The rate of a certain biochemical reaction at physiological temperature T occurs 106 times faster with enzyme than without. The change in the activation energy upon adding enzyme is:
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The activation energy of a reaction can be determined from the slope of which of the following graphs?
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The rate of a reaction A doubles on increasing the temperature from 300 to 310 K. By how much, the temperature of reaction B should be increased from 300 K so that rate doubles if activation energy of the reaction B is twice to that of reaction A.
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The rate of a reaction doubles when its temperature changes from 300K to 310K. Activation energy of such a reaction will be:

R=8.314 JK-1mol-1 and log 2=0.301
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For a reaction, consider the plot of lnk versus 1/T given in the figure. If the rate constant of this reaction at 400K is 10-5s-1 , then the rate constant at 500K is:

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