0 (a) Rewrite the Maxwell-Boltzmann scalar distribution of velocities as a distribution for the kinetic energy...

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0 (a) Rewrite the Maxwell-Boltzmann scalar distribution of velocities as a distribution for the kinetic energy = mv/2 of a single particle (that is, find dN(, &+d)/Nd vs. ). (b) Plot the energy distribution in part (a) for FH(g) at 270K and 370K, considered to be an ideal gas of point particles. Indicate in the diagram the fraction of particles that have energies > &* = 8.0310-20J (per particle). (This fraction is proportional to the reaction rate constant.) (c) Use the approximate representation of the upper incomplete gamma function as a continued fraction to estimate the reaction rate constants k,(370K)/k(270K) in (b), with an activation energy &*. 0 (a) Rewrite the Maxwell-Boltzmann scalar distribution of velocities as a distribution for the kinetic energy = mv/2 of a single particle (that is, find dN(, &+d)/Nd vs. ). (b) Plot the energy distribution in part (a) for FH(g) at 270K and 370K, considered to be an ideal gas of point particles. Indicate in the diagram the fraction of particles that have energies > &* = 8.0310-20J (per particle). (This fraction is proportional to the reaction rate constant.) (c) Use the approximate representation of the upper incomplete gamma function as a continued fraction to estimate the reaction rate constants k,(370K)/k(270K) in (b), with an activation energy &*.