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Lowers the activation energy of a reaction, therefore speeding the reaction up.
Catalysts speed up chemical reactions. They do not change the products or reactants of the reaction, and are not used up or consumed in the reaction. Biological catalysts are called enzymes. Catalysts lower the activation energy (or energy needed to start a reaction), and cause the reaction to occur more quickly.

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Related Questions

How does catalyst effect chemical change?

A catalyst alters the rate of a chemical reaction.


What parameter involved in a chemical reaction will change with the addition of a catalyst?

The rate of a chemical reaction will change in the presence of a catalyst, unless the reaction is already at equilibrium.


How catalyst can change the rate of a chemical reaction?

speeds it up or starts it


Undergo no chemical change during a chemical reaction?

A catalyst doesn't undergo a chemical change during a chemical reaction.


What are the two attributes of a catalyst?

A catalyst must change the rate of a chemical reaction. It must be unchanged at the end of the reaction.


Why a catalyst is not involved chemically in chemical reaction?

The catalyst is not a reactant; a catalyst only favors a chemical reaction, the reaction rate and yield.


What will change when a catalyst is added to a chemical reaction?

When a catalyst is added to a chemical reaction, the rate of the reaction will increase without being consumed in the process. This means that the reaction will reach equilibrium faster and require less activation energy. The overall chemical equilibrium and products formed will remain the same.


Is this how you spell calysis?

The process is spelled catalysis (change in reaction rate).The substance that makes a chemical reaction change is a catalyst.


A catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction by changing which of the following conditions?

A catalyst can speed up the rate of a given chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. However, the catalyst does not change the total free energy from reactants to products.


Is catalyst a product of chemical reaction?

No a catalyst is unchanged by a chemical reaction, it does however serve to speed up the rate of the reaction.


Which of the following is not true of a catalyst?

A catalyst is not consumed in a chemical reaction, meaning it does not undergo a permanent change in its own chemical structure. It increases the rate of a chemical reaction by providing an alternative pathway with lower activation energy.


What effect does a catalyst have?

A catalyst speeds up a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. It does so by providing an alternative reaction pathway that requires less energy to initiate the reaction. The catalyst itself remains unchanged at the end of the reaction and can be used over and over again.