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The Arrhenius equation is a formula that calculates the temperature dependence of reaction rates. It was proposed by Svante Arrhenius in 1889 and it expresses the rate constant (k) as k=Ae^(-Ea/RT), where A is the pre-exponential factor, Ea is the activation energy, R is the gas constant, and T is the absolute temperature.

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