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    Roman SEGALOWITCH

    Determining the Activation Energy of a Reaction


    Table 1: Time for the reaction of 10cm3 of Na2S2O3 with 10cm3 of fixed concentration HCl
    to form a precipitate, at different temperatures.

    1 -1 1
    k= /s /K-1
    T /oC T /K Time /s t T ln(k)
    24.8 297.8 64.13 0.01559333 0.00335796 -4.1609123
    32.3 305.3 48.13 0.02077706 0.00327547 -3.8739057
    45.6 318.6 21.56 0.04638219 0.00313873 -3.0708397
    49.9 322.9 17.72 0.05643341 0.00309693 -2.8746939
    54.1 327.1 14.32 0.0698324 0.00305717 -2.6616572
    Table 2: Vertical Error Bar Calculations
    Max Error Max ln(k) Min ln(k) Min Error Error Bar Value
    ln(k)
    = Max ln(k) - = ln(k) - Min = (Max Error -
    = ln(1/t)
    ln(k) = ln(1/t-5) = ln(1/t+5) ln(k) Min Error)/2
    0.08117389 -4.07973841 -4.1609123 -4.23598879 0.07507649 0.0030487
    0.109686889 -3.764218811 -3.8739057 -3.97274174 0.09883604 0.005425424
    0.263849551 -2.806990149 -3.0708397 -3.279406325 0.208566625 0.027641463
    0.331518342 -2.543175558 -2.8746939 -3.123245594 0.248551694 0.041483324
    0.429494571 -2.232162629 -2.6616572 -2.961140829 0.299483629 0.065005471
    Table 3: Horizontal Error Bar Calculations
    1 1
    Max /K-1 Min /K-1
    Max Error T 1 -1 T Min Error Error Bar Value
    /K
    T = (Max Error -
    = (1/T-1) - (1/T) = 1/T-1 = 1/T+1 = (1/T) - (1/T+1) Min Error)/2
    1.13122E-05 0.003369272 0.00335796 0.00334672 1.12398E-05 3.62257E-08
    1.07607E-05 0.003286231 0.00327547 0.003264773 1.06969E-05 3.18958E-08
    9.88461E-06 0.003148615 0.00313873 0.003128911 9.81886E-06 3.28742E-08
    9.62483E-06 0.003106555 0.00309693 0.003087373 9.55735E-06 3.37383E-08
    9.374E-06 0.003066544 0.00305717 0.003047851 9.31874E-06 2.76349E-08
    Note: The horizontal error bar value is minimal and thus is not taken into account on the graph.

    Deviation of Arrhenius’ Equation:


    − Ea
    k = Ae RT
    −Ea
    lnk = lnA + ln ⁡(e ¿ ¿ )¿
    RT

    −Ea
    lnk = lne + lnA
    RT

    −Ea
    lnk = + lnA
    RT
    Roman SEGALOWITCH

    −Ea 1
    lnk = ( )( ) + lnA
    R T

    This is written under the form y = mx + b

    1
    To find the Ea (activation energy), ln k againstneeds to be plotted.
    T
    Graph 1: ln(k) over the reciprocal of the temperature (K -1)
    -2

    f(x) = − 6661.87759234017 x + 18.1343296899746

    -2.5

    f(x) = − 5136.17443836528 x + 13.0316081421519


    R² = 0.994057433710276
    -3 f(x) = − 3718.86559061139 x + 8.40806348864943
    R² = 1
    ln k

    -3.5

    -4

    -4.5
    0.003 0.00305 0.0031 0.00315 0.0032 0.00325 0.0033 0.00335 0.0034

    1/T /K-1

    The equation of the line is


    y = -5136.2x + 13.032
    −Ea
    Gradient = m = -5136.2 =
    R
    Ea = -mR = -(-5136.2)(8.31) = 42,681.822 J/mol-1

    The activation energy is of approximately 42.7 kJ/mol -1


    The activation energy of the maximum gradient line is 55.4 kJ/mol-1
    The activation energy of the minimum gradient line is 31.4 kJ/mol-1

    Absolute Error:
    Maximum Error−Minimum Error
    ¿
    2
    55.4−31.4
    = =12kJ/mol-1
    2

    Percentage Error:
    Roman SEGALOWITCH

    Lit. Value of Ea – 47 kJ/mol-1 (source - uwaterloo.ca)


    42.7−47
    = x 100
    47
    = 9.15%

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