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The catalyst decrease the needed activation energy.
Catalysts speed up reactions and they do this by decreasing the activation energy. The way they decrease the activation energy is by providing an alternate pathway for the reaction. Because there are so many different reaction mechanisms/pathways in chemistry, there must be many different catalysts.
The presence of a catalyst affects the activation energy of a reaction by lowering the activation energy, helping the reaction go faster and making it so the reaction does not have to use as much energy to fulfill the products.
A catalyst speeds up the rate of reaction, and lower the activation energy needed.
Reducing activation energy allows chemical reactions in the cells of living things to occur at temperatures at which the cells can survive. Reducing activation energy is carried out by enzyme catalysts. The enzyme catalysts are not used up in the reaction, and can be used in subsequent chemical reactions.
The catalyst decrease the needed activation energy.
A Catalyst
Catalysts speed up reactions and they do this by decreasing the activation energy. The way they decrease the activation energy is by providing an alternate pathway for the reaction. Because there are so many different reaction mechanisms/pathways in chemistry, there must be many different catalysts.
The presence of a catalyst affects the activation energy of a reaction by lowering the activation energy, helping the reaction go faster and making it so the reaction does not have to use as much energy to fulfill the products.
In chemistry it is called a catalyst. Enzymes decrease the activation energy needed to start a reaction.
A catalyst speeds up the rate of reaction, and lower the activation energy needed.
The substances which increase the rate of a chemical reaction are called a Positive Catalyst whereas The substances which decrease the rate of a chemical reaction are called Negative Catalyst. Positive Catalyst decreases the Activation energy of reactant molecules whereas negative catalyst increases the Activation energy of the reactant molecules. Positive Catalyst is also called the Promoter whereas negative catalyst is also called Inhibitor.
The Arrhenius equation is: Ea = -RT ln(k/A) where Ea - activation energy R - universal gas constant ln - logarithm k - speed constant T - temperature in kelvins
Reducing activation energy allows chemical reactions in the cells of living things to occur at temperatures at which the cells can survive. Reducing activation energy is carried out by enzyme catalysts. The enzyme catalysts are not used up in the reaction, and can be used in subsequent chemical reactions.
A lump of solid has a much lower surface area compared to a powdered catalyst. Since most chemical reactions that are catalysed by solid phase catalysts (heterogeneous catalysts) occur on the catalyst surface more surface area = faster reaction.
The use of a catalyst increases the chance of particles meeting. This causes there to be a decrease in activation energy, and results in an increase in rate of reaction.
Enzymes decrease the amount of activation energy required for chemical reactions to occur.