• Question: What is a Catalyst?

    Asked by KIMJONGUN22 to Luke, John, Laura, Rob, Ruth on 15 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by Dr Sibley, CessnaTTX.
    • Photo: John Fossey

      John Fossey answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Hi formally something that makes a chemical transformation easier without itself being changed

    • Photo: Ruth Patchett

      Ruth Patchett answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Catalysts speed up reactions or make a reaction happen that wouldn’t normally happen (by lowering the amount of energy the reaction needs to start). They don’t get used up during the reaction and can be used again and again 🙂

    • Photo: Laura Finney

      Laura Finney answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Ruth has got it spot on 🙂

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