How does a catalyst work to speed up a chemical reaction?
Interpretation:
The explanation of the working of the catalyst to speed up a chemical reaction is to be stated.
Concept Introduction:
A catalyst is a substance that is added to a specific reaction to increase its rate of reaction. The concentration of catalyst remains same even after the completion of reaction that is why a catalyst is required in small quality for a reaction. The catalyst increases the rate of the reaction by lowering the activation energy
The activation energy of a reaction is the minimum energy required to precede the reaction.
The activation energy is the minimum amount of energy required by the molecules for the collision.
Consider a reaction, where,
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