The Arrhenius equation is a simple, but remarkably accurate, formula for the temperature dependence of a chemical reaction rate, more correctly, of a
rate coefficient, as this coefficient includes all magnitudes that affect reaction rate except for concentration. The equation was first proposed by the Dutch chemist
J. H. van 't Hoff in 1884; five years later in 1889, the Swedish chemist
Svante Arrhenius provided a physical justification and interpretation for it. Nowadays it is best seen as an empirical relationship.
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