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Define the following termsi) Activation energyii) Rate of constantii) Collision frequencyiv) Order of reactionv) Half life period of reaction |
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Answer» The term Activation Energy was introduced in 1889 by Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist. It is defined as the least possible amount of energy (minimum) which is required to start a reaction or the amount of energy available in a chemical system for a reaction to take place In chemical kinetics a reactionrate constantor reactionratecoefficient, k, quantifies therateof a chemical reaction. For a reaction between reactants A and B to form product C a A + b B → c C. the reactionrateis often found to have the form: Here k(T) is the reactionrate constantthat depends on temperature The collision frequency is defined as the number of collisions per unittime |
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