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A hydrogenation reaction is carried out at 500 K. If the same reaction is carriedout in the presence of a catalyst at the same rate, the temperature required is 400 K. Calculate the activation energy of the reaction if the catalyst lowers the activation barrier by 20 kJ "mol"^(-1)

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SOLUTION :From Arrhenius.s equation, under the GIVEN condition, we have,
`- (E)/(RT_1) = (E - 20)/(RT_2)`
`100KJ "mol"^(-1)`


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