Professional paper

MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE RATE OF A CHEMICAL REACTION

Ivana Milanović ; High school "Isidora Sekulić", Novi Sad, Serbia
Ružica Vukobratović ; High school "Isidora Sekulić", Novi Sad, Serbia
Vidak Raičević ; High school "Isidora Sekulić", Novi Sad, Serbia

Abstract

Mathematical modelling is quite frequent in chemical kinetics which studies the rates of chemical reactions of physical and/or chemical processes. The rate of chemical reactions and the determination of their order are described in this paper via mathematical equations based on derivatives and integrals. The temperature and the reaction rate constant are just some of the factors that have an effect on the reaction rate, and that effect was illustrated using linear, exponential and logarithmic functions. Data obtained through experiments was processed with the help of a computer, more specifically using the GeoGebra software package.

Keywords

computer-based learning; fitting; function; integral; mathematical model

Hrčak ID:

87463

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/87463

Publication date:

25.9.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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