16. A sample of milk is found to spoil 15.0 times faster at 20.°C than when it is kept at 5°C. Determine the activation energy of the "spoiling" reaction, in kJ/mol. (10pts)
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314 J/mol*K), and T is the temperature in Kelvin. We can use the given information to set up two equations for the rate constant at 5°C and 20°C: k1 = A * exp(-Ea/RT1) k2 = A * exp(-Ea/RT2) where k1 is the rate constant at 5°C, k2 is the rate constant at 20°C, Show more…
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