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reaction of interest, then, an equation from which naturally follows.

Substituting the expression for in eq., we obtain .

The preceding equation can be broken down into the following two equations:{dT} = \text{constant} + \frac{E_\text{f}}{RT^2}|}}and {dT} = \text{constant} + \frac{E_\text{b}}{RT^2}|}}where and are the activation energies associated with the forward and backward reactions respectively, with .

Experimental findings suggest that the constants in eq. and eq. can be treated as being equal to zero, so that

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