Friday, March 29, 2019

physical chemistry - Application of the Arrhenius equation to a parallel reaction


I'm struggling with this homework question: "For a parallel reaction A goes to B with rate constant k1 and A goes to C with rate constant k2, you determine that the activation energies are 71.9 kJ/mol for k1 and 142.8 kJ/mol for k2. If the rate constants are equal at a temperature of 321 K, at what temperature (in K) will k1k2=2?"


I know I have to use k=AeERT, and I've tried solving for T after filling in my data into the formula as ratios, ie k1k2, E1E2, etc, but I can't seem to get a coherent answer.


I tried lnk1k2)=ER(1T11T2) as well, but in that case I don't know what E I'm supposed to use.


Any guidance on figuring this out would be much appreciated.




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