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kinetics and Arrhenius equation
« on: May 20, 2016, 11:52:32 AM »
Two products, C and D are produced by the following competing reactions:
A+B→C
A+B→D
The two competing reactions have the same order of reaction with respect to both A and B.

(ii) Write an expression showing how you would expect the ratio of the product concentrations, [C]/[D] to vary with temperature if the activation energy for the reaction producing D is 25% greater than that of the reaction producing C.

What I have tried so far is to use the arrhenius equation to get
lnkd = luna - 1.25Ea/RT and lnkc = lnB - Ea/RT.
I then get lnkd - luna = 1.25(lnkc - 1.25lnB)

I'm not too sure where to go from here though as I have no term for concentration in this expression. Any help would be appreciated!

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Re: kinetics and Arrhenius equation
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2016, 05:25:27 PM »
You don't need specific concentrations because everything is relative. If you call the rate of the first reaction k1 and the rate of the second reaction k2, try expressing k2 in terms of k1. If you know [D] forms x times as fast as [C] at temperature t, it is straightforward to express this as a ratio of [D]/[C].
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