How does temperature affect forward and reverse rate constants and equilibrium constants?

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What would be the effect of an increase in temp on the rate constant of
a) the forward reaction
b) reverse reaction


and my second Q is..why is it important to specify the temp when giving a value for Ke?

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You may want to elaborate on your questions. Example, are you referring to chemical reactions? Just to give you a hint, it is a good idea to describe how you would answer the questions or what you don't understand about them. Then we can help steer you in the right direction. :wink:
 
BH20 said:
What would be the effect of an increase in temp on the rate constant of
a) the forward reaction
b) reverse reaction

and my second Q is..why is it important to specify the temp when giving a value for Ke?
Going further upon what Ouabache has said, the answer to the first question depends on what the [itex]\Delta H[/itex] of the system is. It is not possible to say that this will happen to the forward reaction because you do not know if it is exothermic or endothermic.

Am I to assume that this is a question related to dynamic equilibrium?

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