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2.7 Temperature dependence of rate coefficients 38<br />

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Question: What is the relation of Eq. 2.168 with the Arrhenius equation?<br />

Answer: We have to evaluate the Arrhenius parameters from Eq. 2.168 according to<br />

the definitions of and :<br />

(1) :<br />

=+ 2 ln <br />

(2.170)<br />

<br />

=+ 2 µ<br />

ln + ln − <br />

0<br />

(2.171)<br />

<br />

<br />

y<br />

= 0 + (2.172)<br />

Onlyinthecasethat ¿ 0 can we neglect the term compared to 0 !<br />

(2) : From the expression for ,wehave<br />

y<br />

0 = − (2.173)<br />

( )= −( − )<br />

= − <br />

= − <br />

(2.174)<br />

(2.175)<br />

(2.176)<br />

Comparing coefficients, we find<br />

= (2.177)<br />

2.7.3 Examples for non-Arrhenius behavior<br />

Complex forming bimolecular reactions may show extreme non-Arrhenius behavior. An<br />

extreme case is the reaction OH + CO → H+CO 2 , which incidentally is the single<br />

most important reaction in hydrocarbon combustion next to H+O 2 → OH + O.

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