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No, a catalyst is used only to speed up a reaction.

An example of a catalyst is Manganese.

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Are catalysts required for a chemical change to take place?

They are not essential to cause a chemical reaction.


What does biological catalyst mean?

Enzymes are biological catalysts. This means they speed up a chemical reaction, but are not broken down or changed by it. They lower the amount of energy required for a chemical reaction to tack place.


What is molecules which serve as chemical to make reactions work?

Molecules or compounds that function to allow a reaction to take place but do NOT take place in the reaction itself are called catalysts. Biological catalysts made of proteins are called enzymes.


What can reduce the amount of energy needed for a chemical reaction to take place?

adding a catalyst to the reaction


What are facts about catalysts?

Some of the facts are: 1. Catalysts never get consumed in a reaction 2. Catalysts lower the activation energy of the reaction by providing an alternative path to it. 3. Some catalysts do not take part in reaction. They just provide surface or sites for the reaction to take place.


How do catalysts affects the energy of a reaction?

They lower the activation energy required for the reactions to take place


How do catalysts effect the energy of reaction?

They lower the activation energy required for the reactions to take place


One of the ways that enzymes speed chemical reaction is?

They are organic catalysts. All catalysts will speed up a reaction by lowering the activation energy of the reaction, or the energy required to break certain atoms apart so that they can be reformed to make new products.


Why do chemical manufacturers often use catalysts?

Chemical manufacturers use catalysts because they speed up the rate of the reaction taking place, without effecting the chemical formation of both the reactants (which form the product) or the catalyst itself.


Why do you think the catalysts allowed the chemical reaction to take place at 0 degrees Celsius?

Catalysts lower the activation energy required for a chemical reaction, making it easier for the reactants to collide and react, even at lower temperatures like 0 degrees Celsius. By providing an alternative reaction pathway, catalysts enable the reaction to proceed without the need for high thermal energy. This allows reactions that might otherwise be too slow or thermodynamically unfavorable at low temperatures to occur more efficiently.


What are the advantages of using catalysts?

Catalysts can do one or more of the following:enable a chemical reaction to take place,speed up the reaction,allow the reaction to proceed at a lower temperature,change the equilibrium point of a reversible reaction so that more of the desired output is produced.


Do catalysts change during a reaction?

No