I did an experiment irradiating benzophenone in UV light and worked out the rate constant for the reaction. Then I repeated the experiment using various concentrations of a quencher and worked out their respective rate constants. Now I need to calculate the rate constant for quenching kq using a Stern-Volmer plot. How would I do this?
The equation I have used before for the Stern-Volmer relationship is:
1If=1Iabs(1+kq[Q]klum)
where the x-axis is [Q], the concentration of the quencher, and the y-axis is 1/If, and to work out kq you calculate the gradient/y-intercept = kq/klum.
I think I would plot a graph of concentration of quencher [Q] on the x-axis against 1/rate constant on the y axis. But how would I work out kq?
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