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The Arrhenius Equation

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The Arrhenius equation relates a rate constant to activation energy and absolute temperature: k = Ae^(−Ea/RT), where R is the gas constant.

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Raising temperature increases the fraction of molecules with enough energy to clear a fixed activation energy, raising k.

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Temperature here must enter in kelvin, the same requirement already flagged for the ideal gas law and Clausius-Clapeyron.