Arrhenius rate law

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the chemical-reactions subtree

Temperature dependence of a reaction rate constant k(T) = A exp(-E_a/(k_B T)), where A is the pre-exponential (frequency) factor and E_a the activation energy. Fits most elementary reactions over 1-2 decades in T.

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