Tuesday 24 March 2020

Catalysts

Catalysts are chemicals that speed up a reaction (increase the reaction rate) by holding the reactants in the correct orientation. This lowers the activation energy required to start the reaction, because the reactants are already "facing the right way", so increasing the reaction rate.

(not the most exciting video, but it shows the experiment I was going to do with you in class as a demonstration)



Catalysts found in nature are called enzymes. The following video shows how effective enzymes are as catalysts...


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