does Catalysts increase the rate of chemical reactions. true or false
Chemistry · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Catalyst are substances that know to increase the rate of chemical reactions and chemical processes that occur in a system. It only appears during a certain step of the chemical reaction, and not on the whole chemical reaction process, since it is not considered to be a reactant nor a product. The catalyst works by reducing the activation energy in order to increase the rate of chemical reaction. The utilization of catalyst is widely used in the field of chemistry to produce products such as hydrogenated oils, nitric acids, sulfuric acids, etc.