Chemistry, Computers and Cricket

Determination of Arrhenius Parameters in the Kinetic Study of Acid Catalysed Hydrolysis of Ester    Introduction: Chemical reactions and reaction rate Chemical kinetics is the part of physical chemistry that studies reaction rates. The reaction rate for a reactant or product in a particular reaction is intuitively defined as how fast a reaction takes place. Through the study of chemical kinetics, one can reasonably get an idea as to how to alter the reaction conditions and improve the reaction rate, which is necessary to increase the production of chemical products in the industry perspective. It will also help us to learn how to suppress or slow down unwanted side reactions. For a generic reaction: A+B →C The simple rate equation is of the form:  The concentration is usually in mol cm -3 and k is the reaction rate coefficient or rate constant. Although it is not really a constant, because it includes everything that affects reaction rate outside concen...