Question

How do you use the word Catalyst?

Answer 1

Catalysts are substances that increase the rate of a chemical reaction without any participation in the reaction itself. Some of the properties of the catalyst are defined below:

1. A catalyst increases the rate of reaction by decreasing the activation energy of reactants and speeding up the reaction speed.
2. Enzymes are biological catalysts that catalyze the biochemical reactions in the physiological environment.