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Acre MSC Part 3 20 Feb 2014
Acre MSC Part 3 20 Feb 2014
Development of rate
equation for a gas-solid
catalytic reaction
The dehydrogenation of
methylcyclohexane: Example reaction
(1)
aA bB cC dD
(2)
(r ) k C Aa CBb
(3)
(r ) k C An1 CBn 2
(4)
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A B 3C
(5)
(rA ) k
n
CA
(6)
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(rA ) k p An
(7)
Ea
d ln k
dT
R T 2
k k0 e
Ea
RT
Where,
k0 = pre-exponential factor and has units similar to that of k.
Ea = activation energy, Jmol1.
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k 2 Ea 1 1
ln
k1 R T1 T2
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