Chapter 13, Problem 13.40QP

Variation of the rate constant with temperature for the first-order reaction

$2{\text{N}}_2{\text{O}}_5(g)\stackrel{}{\to }2{\text{N}}_2{\text{O}}_4(g)+{\text{O}}_2(g)$

is given in the following table. Determine graphically the activation energy for the reaction.

T(K)	k (s−1)
298	1.74 × 10−5
308	6.61 × 10−5
318	2.51 × 10−4
328	7.59 × 10−4
338	2.40 × 10−3