5.33

[Skyllar Kuppinger 1F]

on problem 5.33, why wouldn't a catalyst produce the image shown in diagram 2? Wouldn't a catalyst cause more product to form? ( I understand why all the other options are correct/incorrect.)

[JChen_2I]

I think that catalysts only speed up reactions. They don't cause more product to form.

[Eileen Si 1G]

Catalysts increase the rate of the reaction, but emerge unchanged from the reaction, so they do not affect the amount of product formed.

[Betania Hernandez 2E]

A catalyst only increases the rate of reaction, it would not favor the formation of reactants or products.

[Isabella Dal Porto 1H]

Catalysts speed up the rate of a reaction, but they do not affect the amount of reactants or products at all.