I know that the increasing the temperature causes different types of reactions to favor P or R.
> Temperature increase of Exothermic causes reaction to favor Reactants
> Temperature increase of Endothermic causes reaction to favor Products
However, I was wondering if the addition of a catalyst causes a similar pattern of differences in endothermic and exothermic reactions?
Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
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Re: Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
Hi! I don't believe that catalysts cause a similar pattern. Catalysts only affect the rate of the reaction. Since the addition of a catalyst would not affect the equilibrium position of the reaction, neither reactants nor products would be favored by the addition/absence of a catalyst. Hope this helps!
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Re: Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
Catalysts do not shift the equilibrium. I believe catalysts are relevant in kinetics, not thermodynamics, so they lower the activation energy but have not effect on the equilibrium.
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Re: Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
Catalysts decrease the activation energy and so if you look at the nerst equation if the activation energy decreases then rate (k) increases. But it shouldn't affect the equilibrium
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Re: Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
Catalysts don't shift the equilibrium of the reaction, but that's a great question! All the catalyst does is lower the activation energy of the reaction, both forward and reverse.
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Re: Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
catalysts will not shift the equilibrium of the reaction
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Re: Catalyst and exo vs endothermic reactions
Since catalyst are a part of kinetics, they only affect the rate of the reaction so the equilibrium shouldn’t be affected.
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