Question

What is homogeneous catalysis with examples?

Answer 1

Homogeneous catalysis: Homogenous catalyst is a type of catalyst which have the same phase as the phase of reaction throughout the reaction.

Example: The production of Sulphur trioxide by the reaction of Sulphur dioxide and Oxygen in the presence of Nitric oxide as a catalyst.

$\underset{\mathrm{Sulphur}\mathrm{dioxide}}{2{\mathrm{SO}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Oxygen}}{{\mathrm{O}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}\stackrel{\mathrm{NO}\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}{\to }\underset{\mathrm{Sulphur}\mathrm{trioxide}}{2{\mathrm{SO}}_3\left(\mathrm{g}\right)}$