When a bio-chemical reaction is carried out in laboratory, outside the human body in absence of enzyme, then rate of reaction obtained is 10-6 times, the activation energy of reaction in the presence of enzyme is
- 6/RT
- P is required
- different from Ea obtained in laboratory
- can't say anything.
Answer
(3) different from Ea obtained in laboratory
Solution
An enzyme is a biological catalyst; as per NCERT, a catalyst provides an alternative pathway of lower activation energy.
By the Arrhenius equation, k = A e-Ea/RT, so
kenzymeklab = e(Ea,lab - Ea,enzyme)/RT = 106
Ea,lab - Ea,enzyme = 2.303 6 RT, which is not zero.
The activation energy in the presence of enzyme is different from (lower than) the Ea obtained in the laboratory.
Answer: (3)