Re: ORGLIST:Activation energy

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From: Richard Prankerd (richard.prankerd$##$vcp.monash.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 18:23:50 EDT

Jacob:

I would like to express my appreciation for the answers that you
consistently provide to this forum. They are a model of clarity and
precision that younger teachers of chemistry would do well to emulate.

Regards
Richard

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Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: ORGLIST:Activation energy

> Dear Thomas,
>
> IMHO you cannot state a general rule of thumb for "sensible" activation
> energies. Furthermore, the Arhenius equation is sometimes blindly
> applied to situations it was not meant for, and the resulting slopes
> are called activation energies, whatever that means in that case.
>
> All the best,

> Jacob

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