What is activation energy. Establish relationship between rate constant and activation energy

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Dear student,
The Arrhenius equation allows us to calculate activation energies if the rate constant is known, or vice versa. As well, it mathematically expresses the relationships we established earlier: as activation energy term Ea increases, the rate constant k decreases, and therefore the rate of reaction decreases.
The excess amount of supplied energy to the reactants in which the reactant contains a normal energy state is equally called activation energy.Activation energy = Threshold energy - Normal energy of reactants
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