Determining Catalysts


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Katrina Jang 2H
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Determining Catalysts

Postby Katrina Jang 2H » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:10 pm

How do you tell which molecule is the catalyst in a reaction?
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Re: Determining Catalysts

Postby Chem_Mod » Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:47 pm

The catalyst is something which is not a reactant or a product, it is written over the reaction arrow
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Ronald Yang 2F
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Re: Determining Catalysts

Postby Ronald Yang 2F » Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:36 pm

Also, if you look at a reaction mechanism and a species that appears in the reactants of one elementary step appears again in the products of a following elementary step, then most likely that species will be a catalyst, as it is reformed.
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Stevie Wisz
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Re: Determining Catalysts

Postby Stevie Wisz » Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:48 pm

Ronald's got it down! Catalysts appear on the reactant side as well as on the product side at some point in a reaction mechanism.
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