Define the term catalyze

Answer 1

A catalyst is something that provides an alternative route for a reaction to occur, either by allowing the reaction to occur at a different transition state or by changing the activation energy, and the catalyst itself does not undergo any chemical change during the reaction (materials that do undergo chemical changes are not classified as catalysts, and it gets murkier when you ask about physical changes, i believe there is an iron based material that acts like a catalyst but undergoes a physical change)

Alternatively, catalyst can mean an event or a person that produces progress (whether positive or negative), e.g. when someone says 'his appointment was the catalyst for the company's success)

Answer 2

to speed up reations by lowering the amount of energy needed to start it in the first place. An example would be enzymes breaking down ploymers by reduceing down the original energy needed to start the reaction in the first place makeing it faster.

Answer 3

cat·a·lyze [kat-l-ahyz] verb (used with object),cat·a·lyzed, cat·a·lyz·ing.to act upon by catalysis.

Also, especially British, cat·a·lyse.

Jennifer... thank you!

Answer 4

To catalyze means to cause or accelerate by acting as a catalyst. Usually the thing accelerated is a chemical reaction.

Answer 5

A catalyst in a chemical reaction - speeds up the process without contributing anything to the reaction itself.

Answer 6

Something that slows down the rate of any reaction.

Answer 7

Is a organic substance that alters the rate of a chemical reaction, itself remaining chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction

Answer 8

to change or bring about as a catalyst