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1) Something that speeds up a chemical reaction but that is not changed by the reactions is called a catalyst.

2)An element is a pure substance (not a compound) and while some elements (such as platinum) can speed up chemical reactions (eg platinum in a car exhaust catalytic converter), by far the most common catalysts are in fact compounds not elements. These compounds are organic in nature and called enzymes.

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