Antimicrobial Applications of Transition Metal Complexes of Benzothiazole Based Terpolymer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Effect on Bacterial and Fungal Strains
Table 6
Activation energies calculated by Phadnis-Deshpande method.
Reaction mechanism model
Energy of activation () (kJ/mol)
BEF ligand
BEF−Cu
BEF−Ni
BEF−Zn
Power law
6.0932
6.2642
5.9691
5.4312
Power law
12.1864
12.5284
11.9382
10.8625
Phase boundary (contracting sphere)
1.6497
1.6816
1.6174
1.5009
Phase boundary (contracting cylinder)
2.5894
2.6436
2.5383
2.3466
Nucleation and nuclei growth (Avrami-Erofeev nuclei growth)
1.2135
1.3830
1.1756
0.7447
Nucleation and nuclei growth (Avrami-Erofeev nuclei growth)
0.8090
0.9220
0.7837
0.4964
Nucleation and nuclei growth (Avrami-Erofeev nuclei growth)
0.6067
0.6915
0.5878
0.3723
Valensi, 2-dimensional diffusion
16.8354
17.1926
16.5034
15.2695
Jander, 3-dimensional diffusion
3.2995
3.3632
3.2349
3.0018
Brounshtein-Ginstling, 3-dimensional diffusion
5.6520
5.5015
5.5669
5.7981
The values indicated in bold are closest to the value estimated by FC and SW methods.
