The activation energy for a reaction is changed from 184 kJ/mol to 59.0 kJ/mol at 600. K by the introduction of a catalyst. If the uncatalyzed reaction takes about 3900 years to occur, about how long will the catalyzed reaction take?

Respuesta :

Answer:

The catalyzed reaction will take time of [tex]5.11\times 10^{-8} years[/tex].

Explanation:

According to the Arrhenius equation,

[tex]K=A\times e^{\frac{-Ea}{RT}}[/tex]

The expression used with catalyst and without catalyst is,

[tex]\frac{K_2}{K_1}=\frac{A\times e^{\frac{-Ea_2}{RT}}}{A\times e^{\frac{-Ea_1}{RT}}}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{K_2}{K_1}=e^{\frac{Ea_1-Ea_2}{RT}}[/tex]

where,

[tex]K_2[/tex] = rate of reaction with catalyst

[tex]K_1[/tex] = rate of reaction without catalyst

[tex]Ea_2[/tex] = activation energy with catalyst  = 59.0 kJ/mol = 59000 J/mol

[tex]Ea_1[/tex] = activation energy without catalyst  = 184 kJ/mol = 184000 J/mol

R = gas constant

T = temperature = [tex]600K[/tex]

Now put all the given values in this formula, we get:

[tex]\frac{K_2}{K_1}=e^{\frac{184,000 kJ-59000 kJ}{R\times 300}}=7.632\times 10^{10}[/tex]

The reaction enhances by [tex]7.632\times 10^{10}[/tex]  when catalyst is present.

Time taken by reaction without catalyzed = 3900 years

Time taken by reaction with catalyzed = x

[tex]x=\frac{3900 year}{7.632\times 10^{10}}=5.11\times 10^{-8} years[/tex]

The catalyzed reaction will take time of [tex]5.11\times 10^{-8} years[/tex].