Rate Constant
The rate constant for a bimolecular gas phase reaction, as predicted by collision theory is:
- .
where:
- Z is the .
- is the steric factor.
- Ea is the activation energy of the reaction.
- T is the temperature.
- R is gas constant.
The collision frequency is:
where:
- NA is the Avogadro constant
- σAB is the reaction cross section
- kB is Boltzmann's constant
- μAB is the reduced mass of the reactants.
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