Key term for OCR GCSE Chemistry B, used in Industrial chemical synthesis.
A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being used up by the overall reaction, by providing an alternative pathway with lower activation energy.
Catalyst appears in OCR GCSE Chemistry B revision content for Making useful chemicals, especially Industrial chemical synthesis and Rate vs equilibrium trade-off.
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Making useful chemicals
Reaction rate control • Catalytic action
