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The obtained rate law is Rate=k[Na2S2O3], where Na2S2O3 is the concentration of

the reactant in molars (M) and has an exponent of one, meaning it is in the first order and
k being the proportionality constant or rate constant with a value of k=0.381Ms1. The
rate is dependent on the amount of reactants. Furthermore, in any chemical reaction, to
allow the molecules to properly collide and bond to activate a reaction, there must be
enough energy, the minimum of which is called the Activation Energy. To obtain this,
another mathematical expression may be used that is shown as k = Ae-Ea/RT. In this case,
the reaction rate is dependent on the temperature as k = rate constant, A the Arrhenius
constant, Ea as the Activation Energy, R as 8.314 J/molK and T as temperature in Kelvin.
It can be said then that since k is directly proportional to temperature, the rate is also
directly proportional to the rate of reaction.

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