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KineticsDryLab
Calculations
NOTE:Allslopesandyinterceptsaredeterminedusingthelinearregressionfunctionof
LoggerPro,andgraphsforeachcalculation,withthedatafromlin.reg.canbefoundonpages
35.

1.TheRateforthereactioncanbeexpressedthroughthefollowingequation:

Rate=k[N2O5]m
kbeingtherateconstantandmbeingtheorderofthereaction.Weknowfromthegraphs
ofthereactionat25oC(seepages34)thatthereactionisafirstorderreaction,duetothe
factthatthegraphofln[N2O5]waslinear.Sotherevisedequationwouldbe:

Rate=k[N2O5]1
2.Nowweneedtodeterminethevariousrateconstantsforthedifferenttemperatures.We
alreadyhavetheslopeofthereactionat25oC,whichis0.1256(seegraphonpage3).
Weknowthatk=slope,butthisslopeisforthereactioninrelationtotimeinhours.To
accountforthiswecandividethisrateby3600(60sec*60min)togettheactualvalueof
kins1.so:
0.1256/3600=3.489x105s1
Followingsimilarproceduresforthefirstordergraphsofthereactionat55oCand0oCwe
getthefollowingkvalues:
0.09019/60=1.503x103s1(thedatafortherxnat55wasgiveninrelationtotimein
minutes)
.003028/3600=8.411x107s1
3.Weknowthatifweplotagraphofln(k)vs.1/Tthatwewillcreateagraphinwhichthe
sloperepresentsEa/R(Seepg.5).IfwetakealookatourgraphinC3weseethatthe
slopeis1.220x104.SoifwesetuptheequationwecansolveforEaasfollows:
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1.220x104=(Ea/8.314)
Ea=1.220x104*8.314=101400J
NowwecansimplyconverttokJ:101400J/1000>Ea=101.4KJ/mol
4.Nowwehavetocalculatetherateconstantatthegiventemperature,40oC.Todothiswe
usethefollowingequation:
lnk=(Ea/R)(1/T)+lnA
ThisisaslopeinterceptformulaofthegraphwemadeinC3.lnAisouryintercept,andwehave
therestofthevaluesfromearlierwork:
Ea=101.4kJ
R=.008314kJ/molK(Wehavetoconvert8.314torepresentkJ)
lnA=30.68
T=(40+273.15)=313.15K
Sonowwecanpluginourvaluesandsolvefork:
lnk=(101.4/.008314)(1/313.15)+30.68=8.26713525576
k=2.5681996x104or2.568x104s1at40oC
NowbasedoffofthiswecanfigureoutthehalflifeofN2O5at40oC.Weknowthatfor1storder
reactions,thehalflifecanbeexpressedatthisfollowing:
ln(2)/k=halflifeins1
Sowecanjustpluginourvaluefork:
ln(2)/2.568x104=2689.9614>N2O5hasahalflifeof2699secondsat40oC

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Graphs
C1GraphsoftheReactionat25oC(TimeisinHours.)

0thOrderGraph

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1stOrderGraph.Thisgraphislinear,whichmeansthatthereactioninquestionisofthisorder.

2ndOrderGraph
C2

1stOrderGraphforReactionat55OC.TheXAxisisTimeinMinutes.
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1stOrderGraphforReactionat0oC.TheXAxisisTimeinHours.
C3

GraphicalDeterminationofActivationEnergy.Theratesusedforln(k)wereconvertedtotherate
insecondsasshowninthewrittencalculationsforC2beforeputintothisgraph.Temperatures
areinKelvin.
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