Chemistry A-Level
Role of activation energy and the pre-exponential factor
What Role of activation energy and the pre-exponential factor means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A is the pre-exponential factor and Ea the activation energy in J mol⁻¹; a larger Ea makes the exponent more negative and k smaller at a given T.
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