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Homework Statement
This isn't a homework question but this thing is disturbing from a long time.
I attended a class on Arrhenius equation and its plots. One of the plots is disturbing me from long which is the plot between k vs T.
Arrhenius equation:-
[tex]k=Ae^{-\frac{E_a}{RT}}[/tex]
k->Rate constant
Ea->Activation Energy
R->Gas constant
T->Temperature
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Since the equation is of the form y=e-1/x, the graph should be like this one:-
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But my teacher made a completely different plot. I constantly said that it shouldn't be like that. Finally, when i checked wikipedia, to my surprise, the teacher was right. Here's the wiki article:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrhenius_plot
I don't understand why the graph is different from that of y=e-1/x? Can somebody tell me where i am going wrong?
Thanks!