For a certain gas, 2.5 % of the molecules have energies above 75 kJ mol⁻¹ at 290 K

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · A Level · Chemistry · Kinetics · Kinetics

Problem

For a certain gas, 2.5 % of the molecules have energies above 75 kJ mol⁻¹ at 290 K, whereas 6.0 % exceed this energy at 310 K. Estimate by what factor the fraction of successful collisions increases when the temperature rises from 290 K to 310 K.

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