An Arrhenius plot displays the logarithm of kinetic constants (, ordinate axis) plotted against inverse temperature (, abscissa). Arrhenius plots are often used to analyze the effect of temperature on the rates of chemical reactions. For a single rate-limited thermally activated process, an Arrhenius plot gives a straight line, from which the activation energy and the pre-exponential factor can both be determined.
The Arrhenius equation can be given in the form:
or alternatively
The only difference is the energy units: the former form uses energy/mole, which is common in chemistry, while the latter form uses energy directly, which is common in physics. The different units are accounted for in using either the gas constant or the Boltzmann constant .