The question is essentially asking for the temperature at which the rate constant will be equal to 5.06 x 10⁻³. We will be using the Arrhenius equation to solve this problem. Which is shown below:
k = Ae^(-Ea/RT)
We first must use the values provided to solve for the value of A. Once we know A, we can solve for the temperature at a given rate constant.
A = k/(e^(-Ea/RT))
A = (6.06 x 10⁻⁴)/(e^(212000/(8.314 x 683)))
A = 9.92 x 10⁻¹²
Now that we have a value for A, we can solve for the temperature that gives the provided rate constant. First we can rearrange the equation to solve for T:
k = Ae^(-Ea/RT) lnk = lnA - Ea/RT lnk - lnA = -Ea/RT T = -Ea/(R(lnk - lnA))
T = -212/(0.008314)(ln(5.06 x 10⁻³) - ln(9.92 x 10⁻¹²))
T = 724 K
The rate will be equal to 5.06 x 10⁻³ at a temperature of 724 K.
