where

z = collision frequency (the total number of

collisions per second)
p = steric factor (fraction of collisions with
effective orientations
where:
k = rate constant;
A = Arrhenius constant, frequency factor, or pre-
exponential factor;
Ea = Activation Energy, J/mol
R = Universal gas constant, 8.314 J/mol-K
T = Absolute temperature, K.
 y int = ln A

ln k Slope=-Ea/R

1/T
Example: The decomposition of ozone is important in many
atmospheric reactions:
O3 (g)  O2 (g) + O (g)
A study of the kinetics of the reaction results in the following
data:
Temperature Rate constant
(K) (1/M-s) a. Determine the value of the
600 3.37 x 103 frequency factor and the
800 3.58 x 105 activation energy for the
1000 5.90x 106 reaction. What is the rxn order?
1200 3.81 x 107 b. What is the rate constant of the
1400 1.45 x 108 reaction at 1000 0C?
 𝒌𝟐 𝑬𝒂 𝟏 𝟏
𝒍𝒏 = −
𝒌𝟏 𝑹 𝑻𝟏 𝑻𝟐
Seatwork: 1. Consider the following for the redox
reaction: Sn2+ + 2Co3+  Sn4+ + 2Co2+. Given the following
data:
a. Determine the activation
Temp (°C) k (1/M·s) energy and frequency factor
2 3.12 × 103 for the reaction in kJ/mol.
27 27.0 × 103 b. What is the rate constant
53 729.13 x 103 at 15 0C?
2. The isomerization of methyl isocyanide, follows 1st-
order kinetics. The half-lives were found to be 161 min at
199°C and 12.5 min at 230°C. Calculate the activation
energy (kJ/mol) for this reaction. Hint.For 1st order rxn:
t = ln2/k
 −𝑬𝑪𝑻
′
𝒌= 𝒌𝟎 𝑻𝒆 𝑹𝑻
where:
k = rate constant;
′
𝒌𝟎 = collision theory constant
ECT = collision theory activation energy, J/mol
R = Universal gas constant, 8.314 J/mol-K
T = Absolute temperature, K.
 𝒌𝟐 𝑻𝟏 𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝟏 𝟏
𝒍𝒏 = −
𝒌𝟏 𝑻𝟐 𝑹 𝑻𝟏 𝑻𝟐
 𝒌
𝒍𝒏 Slope=-ECT/R
𝑻

1/T
 −𝑬𝑨𝑪𝑻
′′
𝒌= 𝒌𝟎 𝑻𝒆 𝑹𝑻
where:
k = rate constant;
′′
𝒌𝟎 = activated complex theory constant
EACT = activated complex activation energy, J/mol
R = Universal gas constant, 8.314 J/mol-K
T = Absolute temperature, K.
 𝒌𝟐 𝑻𝟏 𝑬𝑨𝑪𝑻 𝟏 𝟏
𝒍𝒏 = −
𝒌𝟏 𝑻𝟐 𝑹 𝑻𝟏 𝑻𝟐
 𝒌
𝒍𝒏
𝑻
Slope=-EACT/R

1/T
 𝒌
𝒍𝒏
𝑻
Slope=-EACT/R

1/T
Find the constants a, b, and E of the equation:
𝑬𝒂
𝒌= 𝒃
𝒂𝑻 𝒆𝑹𝑻
using these data on the mutarotation of
alpha-glucose:

T, K 273.32 298.06 323.13

(105) k, min-1 1.052 14.36 129.6