Catalyst

[Ashley Lopez 3J]

Can someone please explain why adding a catalyst increases the reverse reaction? I thought that it would decrease when looking at the graph, but I'm just reading it wrong.

[Chanel Mao 3D]

It increases the speed of both reactions because it lowers the activation energy. Therefore the reverse reaction would also have a lower activation energy and therefore take place at a faster speed.

[Isabelle Hales 1J]

Going off of this, will the catalyst have the same effect on both the forward and reverse reactions? In other words, is the increase in speed because of the catalyst the same for both reactions? Thanks!

[Eric Cruz 2G]

catalysts increase the speed of the reaction rate but decrease the activation energy. This holds true for both the forward and reverse

[Sarah Hernandez 1F]

Going off of this, will the catalyst have the same effect on both the forward and reverse reactions? In other words, is the increase in speed because of the catalyst the same for both reactions? Thanks!

yes I believe the increase in speed is the same for both the forward and reverse reactions

[Rose_Malki_3G]

It is changing the pathway for both the forward and reverse reaction by lowing the activation energy, increasing the speed of both

[Jerry_T]

It increases the speed of both forward and reverse pathways of the reaction by lowering the activation energy.

[Brianne Conway 1D]

The forward and reverse reactions follow the same energy pathway except in reverse, so when a catalyst lowers the activation energy for a reaction is makes it so both the forward and reverse reactions need less energy to proceed, meaning they will both go faster.

[Chudi Onyedika 3A]

It lowers the activation energy.

[Nick Pascua 2L]

The activation energy for both forward and reverse processes will be lowered when a catalyst is introduced. Thus the rates to convert back to each whether it be from reactant to product or product to reactant will be faster since less energy is needed for the reaction to completely take place.

[rhettfarmer-3H]

If it lowers the EA of the forward it must lower the reverse too because think about it of the reaction profile. They share the Ea hump in a sense. So if it goes down it helps both ways of the reaction.

[Abhinav Behl 3G]

Adding a catalyst will lower the activation energy, which both the forward and reverse reactions need to overcome. So, when the Ea is reduced as a result of the addition of a catalyst, then the forward and reverse reactions will both be overcoming a smaller value of Ea.

[Maryeli Garay 2H]

Adding a catalyst results in a decrease in activation energy in a reaction, which means that it goes faster! This is true for the reverse reaction too, so it goes faster as well :)

[Ryan Agcaoili 2E]

To add on, when a catalyst is added, the overall K value stays the same since the forward and reverse rates are equal.

[OmarArafat_2K]

Catalysts lower the activation energy, but increase the speed of the reaction rate. Same thing goes for both forward and reverse rxns.

[Shrinidhy Srinivas 3L]

I find that the best way to think about this is to visualize a reaction profile. If you add a catalyst, the activation energy (the bump on a reaction profile) will go down. This means that for both the forward and the reverse reaction, there is less energy required to get to the end result. This is why the catalyst speeds up both the forward and the reverse reactions. In addition, a catalyst will not change K and as such, both the forward and reverse reactions need to be sped up.

[Talia Dini - 3I]

A catalyst increases the speed and lowers the activation energy of the forward and reverse reaction. Hope this helps!

[Mansi Solanki 3A]

Since the activation energy of the reaction is lowered by the catalyst, it acts to increase the speed of both the forward and the reverse reaction. If you look at the graph, the bump at the transition state is a little lower due to the catalyst.

[kristinalaudis3e]

it lowers the activation energy so that the reaction can occur faster!

[Queena Chu 3E]

It lowers the activation energy and increases speed of forward and reverse reaction.

[Naomi Hernandez-Ramirez 1J]

by lowering the activation energy it increases the speed of both forward and reverse pathways of the reaction

[Ashrita Singh 2F]

A catalyst lowers the activation energy, which results in the rate of forward and reverse reactions to increase.

[Brooke Gushiken 1B]

A catalyst lowers the activation energy (the minimum amount of energy that a species must have in order to react), therefore it speeds up the time that it takes both the forward and reverse reaction to happen. Hope this helps!

[Rebekah Jung 1C]

A catalyst lowers activation energy for the reaction to take place.

[Samantha Loc 1B]

A catalyst decreases the activation energy and increases the reaction rate for the reaction going both ways.

[Albert Chen 1G]

Catalysts lower the activation energy for both the forward and reverse reaction. As a result, both rates are increased.

[Samantha Toscano 2C]

The catalyst will cause the activation energy to be lowered, which will increase the reaction rates.

[Amy Jordan 2A]

Hi, a catalyst will lower the activation energy of a reaction, which increases the speed of both the forward and reverse reactions. Hope this helps!