Question

A reaction is run at 20 degrees celsius and takes 30 minutes to go to completion. How long would it take to complete the same reaction at a temperature of 40 degrees celsius?

*I believe finding the time has something to do with log? I'm not sure

Answer 1

7.5 min. each 10Kelvins doubles reaction rate, as a rule of thumb for first order reacxtions , you can work it more precisely here: https://socratic.org/questions/a-first-order-reaction-is-50-completed-after-30-minutes-this-implies-that-the-ti

for the rule of thumb, and you have to be careful...https://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/basicrates/temperature.html

Answer 2

Thank you very much! This helped a lot