Abstract

Dilip B. Patil* and Prakash R. Kakde

The kinetics of oxidation of oxyhemoglobin by potassium chlorate has been investigated spectrophotometrically. The reaction has been shown to be second order with specific reaction rate of 1.82 x 102 M-1s-1 at pH 3.75 and temperature 25.00 C the energy of activation, frequency factor and entropy of activation are found to be 51.84 kJmol-1, 2.22 x 1011 and -36.0 JK-1mol-1 respectively. The specific reaction rate is affected by pH and saline concentration. The most likely mechanism has been proposed

oxyhemoglobin; methemoglobin; oxidation; potassium chlorate

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