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vlabodo [156]
3 years ago
11

The activation energy of an uncatalyzed reaction is 95kJ/mol. The addition of a catalyst lowers the activation energy to 55kJ/mo

l. Assuming that the collision factor remains the same, by what factor will the catalyst increase the rate of the reaction at (a) 25°C, (b) 125°C?
Chemistry
1 answer:
notka56 [123]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

a) at 25°C the rate of reaction increases by a factor of 1,027*10^7

b) at 25°C the rate of reaction increases by a factor of 1,777*10^5

Explanation:

using the Arrhenius equation

k= ko*e^(-Ea/RT)

where

k= reaction rate

ko= collision factor

Ea= activation energy

R= ideal gas constant= 8.314 J/mol*K

T= absolute temperature

for the uncatalysed reaction

k1= ko*e^(-Ea1/RT)

for the catalysed reaction

k2= ko*e^(-Ea2/RT)

dividing both equations

k2/k1= e^(-(Ea2-Ea1)/RT)

a) at 25°C

k2/k1 = e^(-(55kJ/mol-95kJ/mol)/(8.314J/mol*K*298K)* (1000J/kJ ) ) = 1,027*10^7

therefore at 25°C , k2/k1 = 1,027*10^6

b) at 125°C

k2/k1 = e^(-(55kJ/mol-95kJ/mol)/(8.314J/mol*K*298K)* (1000J/kJ ) ) = 1,777*10^5

therefore at 125°C , k2/k1 = 1,777*10^5

Note:

when the catalysts is incorporated, the catalysed reaction and the uncatalysed one run in parallel and therefore the real reaction rate is

k real = k1 + k2 = k2 (1+k1/k2)

since k2>>k1 → 1+k1/k2 ≈ 1 and thus k real ≈ k2

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