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. 2017 Summer;16(3):1007–1018.

Table 2.

PER degradation rate constant k [1/s] in isothermal conditions of constant air humidity R = 76.4% and different temperature values, with parameters of linear Arrhenius relationship and thermodynamic parameters: activation energy Ea = -aR, enthalpy ∆H = Ea –RT, entropy ∆S = R(lnA-ln[kBT/h].

T k ± ∆k [1/s] r linear Arrhenius relationship
f(1/T) = lnk
Thermodynamic parameters
333 K (1.005 ± 0.115) 10-5 -0.993 a = -12027.594 ± 2583.648 Ea[kJ/mol]
124.22 ± 14.12
343 K (3.101 ± 0.415) 10-5 -0.991 Sa = 1027.97
348 K (4.727 ± 1.093) 10-5 -0.966 b =24.588 ± 8.21 ∆H [kJ/mol]
121.74±14.39
353K (5.768 ± 0.313) 10-5 -0.997 Sb = 2.957
363 K (2.256 ± 0.359) 10-4 -0.987 r = -0.989 ∆S [J/molK]
18.974±133.67