hey people i need your help about my science lab report...the question on my paper says "what function the catalyst?....please help me on this one...i would really appreciate if you leave me answers....much mahalos to all you folkss...thanks
concepts-blowing on Bandit - it converts Carbon monoxide into Carbon Dioxide (besides as emitting risky debris of Platinum, Iridium and tungsten). hang on - Carbon Dioxide - isn't that the ever so nasty greenhouse gas that we are all meant to be reducing our output of? i'm taking my cats off.
lowers the activation energy of a reaction so it happens at a faster rate
The answer above mine is correct. You should also note that a catalyst does not take part in the reaction: it just makes things easier as the previous person said.
A catalyst is a substance used to change the rate of a reaction. If it increases, it is posititve catalyst . Decreases means negative catalyst. If the reactants and catalyst are in same phase, it is homogenous catalysis, otherwise heterogenous. Any reaction to occur, the reactants have to combine to form an intermediate compound and then to product. This requires surpassment of a minimum amout of energy known as Ea- Activation energy. Catalyst decreased the Ea, so that , passing the barrier becomes easy and hence the speeding of the reaction.
