Old Rule of Thumb and the Arrhenius Equation
Abstract
The empirical rule (doubling of the reaction rate upon every 10° increase in temperature) is discussed on the basis of the Arrhenius equation and experimental data. A graph is plotted that shows the applicability limits of the empirical rule in terms of activation energies and temperatures. The historical origin of the rule mentioned is briefly discussed.
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- Authors
- Leenson, I. A.
- Affiliations
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
- Corresponding author
- Leenson, I. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1999-10
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1459
- ISSN
- 0021-9584 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-1328
- OpenAlex
- W1996949267
- Semantic Scholar
- 9da7fbcdbedbe6105dc8ceae096391924492c059
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 0.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Chemical Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Various Chemistry Research Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure
- Keywords
- rules of thumb, Arrhenius equation, reaction rate, temperature dependence, activation energy, history of chemistry, reaction kinetics
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