Associations to the word «Catalysis»

Wiktionary

CATALYSIS, noun. (chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction induced by a catalyst.

Dictionary definition

CATALYSIS, noun. Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced".

Wise words

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