[CHM 330] Test 3

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 3/29/21 3:39 PM,  wrote:
> Hey Dr. Pounds, 
> I was going through the ppt notes and the example on slide 247 used
> log to find the reaction order but in class we used natural log to
> solve number 2 on the worksheet, why is that? 
>
> Thank You, 
>

On that example I was taking a ratio of logarithms -- so it does not
matter if I use log base 10 or log base e. 


Remember, to change bases...


log10(x)=ln(x)ln(10)\log_{10}(x)=\frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(10)}


so because I am taking a ratio the ln(10) would cancel out.  To be
completely truthful, I probably should have just used ln(x) on the notes.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Director of the Computational Science Program
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627

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