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. 2017 Summer;16(3):1007–1018.

Table 3.

PER degradation rate constant k [1/s] in isothermal conditions of constant air humidity R = 0% 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 ± Δk [1/s] r linear Arrhenius relationship
f(1/T) = lnk
Thermodynamic parameters
333 K (1.931 ± 0.217) 10-6 -0.991 a = -15363.55 ± 4835.54 Ea[kJ/mol]
127.73± 40.20
343 K (1.569 ± 0.168) 10-5 -0.992 Sa = 1741.91
348 K (4.954 ± 0.555) 10-5 -0.993 b = 32.05 ± 13.35 Δ H [kJ/mol]
125.26±42.68
353K (9.537 ± 2.028) 10-5 -0.982 Sb = 4.80
363 K (2.601 ± 0.353) 10-4 -0.990 r = -0.981 Δ S [J/mol K]
21.62±133.92