Is there a way to calculate the rate of a reaction, purely from the time and temperature?

Question

In chemistry, we are required to calculate the rate of reaction for an assignment. Last year, this was calculated using the effect concentration has on the reaction but this year the focus is on temperature. Any help is appreciated :)

Answer 1

You can calculate the rate of the reaction from the time measurement, but not from the temperature (there are ways to find rate at one temperature given the rate at a different temperature). Yes, reaction rate may depend on the temperature, but that is not included in the calculation, per se. The rate will generally be expressed as mols/min, mols/sec, etc. So note that time is in the denominator, but there is no temperature in the rate units. You would express the rate as mols/min at 37ºC or mols/min at 25ºC, etc.

There is also a difference between average rate and instantaneous rate. This may be beyond the scope of the present question, but if you want more info on this, you can read about it in a text book, or post an additional question here on this platform.