Chemistry A-Level
Catalyst regenerated in the mechanism
What Catalyst regenerated in the mechanism means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The catalyst takes part in one step of the mechanism and is regenerated in a later step, so its mass and identity are restored.
Topics that use Catalyst regenerated in the mechanism
- Reaction rates (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Activation energy
- Alternative reaction pathway
- Boltzmann distribution
- Catalysis and activation energy
- Catalyst examples
- Catalyst regenerated and not consumed
- collision frequency
- Collision frequency and rate
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