Answer to Question #244236 in Physical Chemistry for Nayaka

Question

Increase in temperature will increase the rate of the reaction; this was stated by Arrhenius and is obtained from Van't Hoff isochore

Answer 1

Increasing the temperature of a reaction generally speeds up the process (increases the rate) because the rate constant increases according to the Arrhenius Equation. As T increases, the value of the exponential part of the equation becomes less negative thus increasing the value of k.