Discuss the effect of catalyst on the activation energy.

Arrhenius studies the effect of temperature on the rate of a reaction and postulted that rate constant varies with temperature exponentially as k=Ae^(E_(a)//RT) . Thuis method is generally used for finding the activation energy of a reaction. Keeping temperature constant, the effect of catalyst on the activation energy has also been studied. If the rate of reaction doubles for 10^(@)C rise of temperature form 290K to 300K, the activation energy of the reaction will be approximately :

Arrhenius studies the effect of temperature on the rate of a reaction and postulted that rate constant varies with temperature exponentially as k=Ae^(E_(a)//RT) . Thuis method is generally used for finding the activation energy of a reaction. Keeping temperature constant, the effect of catalyst on the activation energy has also been studied. If x is the fraction of molecules having energy greater than E_(a) it will be given by :

Arrhenius studies the effect of temperature on the rate of a reaction and postulted that rate constant varies with temperature exponentially as k=Ae^(E_(a)//RT) . Thuis method is generally used for finding the activation energy of a reaction. Keeping temperature constant, the effect of catalyst on the activation energy has also been studied. The pre-exponetial factor in the Arrhenius equation of a first order reaction has the unit :

Activation energy is:

The graph of the effect of catalyst on activation energy is given below. Fill up the blanks X and Y with appropriate statements

At 227^(@)C , the presence of catalyst causes the activation energy of a reaction to decrease by 4.606 K cal. The rate of the reaction will be increased by : -

What is the effect of adding a catalyst on (a) Activation energy (Ea), and (b) Gibbs energy ( DeltaG ) of a reaction?

The activation energy of a first order reaction at 300 K is 60 kJ mol^(-1) . In the presence of a catalyst, the activation energy gets lowered to 50kJ mol^(-1) at 300 K . How many times the reaction rate change in the presence of a catalyst at the same temperature ?

A negative catalyst ......... the activation energy.