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Generic graph showing the effect of a catalyst in an hypothetical exothermic chemical reaction. Notice that the catalysed (red) pathway, despite having a lower activation energy, produces the same final result. |
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There are 10 summaries on Catalysis.
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Catalysts Summary
2,600 words, approx. 9 pages
 A catalyst is a substance whose presence increases the rate of a chemical reaction. The exercise of using catalysts is called catalysis. Today the vast majority of all commercially important chemical reactions involve catalysts, especially in the...
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Catalyst and Catalysis Summary
1,491 words, approx. 5 pages
 A catalyst increases the rate of a particular reaction without itself being used up. A catalyst can be added to a reaction and then be recovered and reused after the reaction occurs. The process or action by which a catalyst increases the reaction rate...
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Catalyst and Catalysis Summary
755 words, approx. 3 pages
 Catalysts are elements or compounds that increase the speed of a chemical reaction without actually being used up in the reaction. Humans have used the process known as catalysis long before they understood the mechanics behind it. Some examples...
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Catalysis Summary
187 words, approx. 1 pages
 Modification (usually acceleration) of a chemical reaction rate by addition of a catalyst, which combines with the reactants but is ultimately regenerated so that its amount remains unchanged and the chemical equilibrium of the conditions of the...
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Catalyst Summary
165 words, approx. 1 pages
 Any substance of which a small proportion notably affects the reaction rate of a chemical reaction without itself being changed or consumed (&see; catalysis). One molecule may transform several million reactant molecules a minute. Catalysts may be...
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Catalyst Summary
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 A CATALYST is a chemical that is able to exert an effect on physiological processes without itself being changed; catalysis is the process of doing this; to catalyse is to engage in catalysis. An ENZYME can be a catalyst of chemical reactions; for...
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Catalyst Summary
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 A substance that speeds up the rate of a particular chemical reaction but that does not itself alter the ultimate yield of the reaction or itself be consumed in the...
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Catalyst Summary
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 A substance which can change the rate of a chemical reaction and can be recovered in the original form at the end of the...
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Catalyst Summary
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 A substance that increases the rate of chemical reaction without undergoing a permanent change in its...
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Catalysis Summary
2,231 words, approx. 7 pages
 In chemistry and biology, catalysis is the acceleration (increase in rate) of a chemical reaction by means of a substance called a catalyst, which is itself not consumed by the overall reaction. More generally, one may at times call anything that...

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