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Please help - question about catalysts !?

Explain how catalysts help to reduce costs in industrial processes !?Thanks

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They speed up a reaction, allowing you to get more product more quickly and remain unchanged, therefore you can use them over and over again.
they reduce the activation energy of a specific chemical reaction, which in turn reduces the temperature at which a reaction will occur at any significant rate (and therefore fuel costs) while generally making the reaction occur faster. In general, if you can catalyze a reaction, you can get away with using less robust equipment because you don't need as much energy.
Catalysts are efficient at converting starting materials to the final products. Since catalysts convert these materials to the product faster, less energy will be used, and often less other materials will be used to complete the process. Both will save the company save time and money. Not to mention the catalyst can be reused, often hundreds of times before it needs to be replaced. Hope that helps!

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