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The decomposition of formic acid on gold surface follows first order kinetics. If the rate constant at 300 K is 1.0×10–3 s–1 and the activation energy Ea = 11.488 kJ mol–1, the rate constant at 200 K is __________×10–5 s–1.(Round off to the Nearest Integer).

Answer: 10 \(\begin{array}{l}log\frac{K_{2}}{K_{1}}= \frac{E_{a}}{2.303R}\left [ \frac{1}{T_{1}} = \frac{1}{T_{2}}\right]\end{array} \) \(\begin{array}{l}log\frac{1.0\times 10^{-3}s^{-1}}{K_{1}}=\frac{11.488\times 1000}{2.303\times 8.314}\left [\frac{1}{200}- \frac{1}{300}\right ]\end{array} \) \(\begin{array}{l}log\frac{10^{-3}}{K_{1}}=600\times \frac{3-2}{600}\end{array} \)... View Article