How can a chemical reaction be spead up?

Answer 1

A biological catalyst. Example: Enzymes inside your body

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Heat usually helps. Most reactions work faster at higher temperature.

Inert catalysts, that simply create a greater surface area for reaction.

Physical processes, like agitating the mixture - either by stirring or ultrasound or whatever.

Answer 2

It depends on the reaction, but you can try these things...

The most popular way to speed up a reaction is to heat it up, increasing the heat energy in the reaction. (Not recommended if you're reacting sodium hydroxide with anything, unless you've got a really well-sealed reaction vessel.)

If you have not yet mixed the chemicals together, and they're solids, you can grind them finer. This increases their surface area.

You can add more of the chemicals to the reaction.

Or you can add a catalyst.

Answer 3

Chemical reactions can be sped up by increasing the temperature, adding a catalyst, increasing the concentration of reactants, increasing surface area of reactants, or applying pressure in the case of gas-phase reactions. These factors provide more energy for the reactant molecules to collide and react, thus increasing the reaction rate.

Answer 4

Catalysts speed up chemical reactions. A catalyst could take many forms, such as heat or other chemicals.

Answer 5

These chemicals are called catalysts.

Answer 6

The word you're probably looking for is "catalyst".

Answer 7

Catalysts increase the rate of reaction.

Answer 8

an enzyme