Paper: CSIR-NET December 2019 · Subject: Physical Chemistry · Chapter: Chemical Kinetics · Topic: Chemical Kinetics – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium
For a reaction, raising the temperature from 200 K to 300 K results in the increase of rate constant by a factor of 2. The activation energy for this reaction in $\mathrm{kJ\,mol^{-1}}$ is closest to $(\ln 2=0.69)$ Options:
(a)7.0
(b)3.5
(c)14.0
(d)0.83
Answer
Answer: B ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high
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