A certain reaction is 50 complete in 20 minutes at 300 K and the same reaction is 50 complete in 5 minutes at 350 K. Calculate the activation energy if it is a first order reaction. Given:
The Second-Order Derivative is the derivative of the first-order derivative of the stated (given) function. For instance, acceleration is the second-order derivative of the distance covered with regard to time and tells us the rate of change of velocity.
As well as the first-order derivative tells us about the slope of the tangent line to the graph of the given function, the second-order derivative explains the shape of the graph and its concavity.
The second-order derivative is shown using .