Chemistry A-Level
support medium
What support medium means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of support medium
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Reference: AQA
An inert material with a very large surface area over which a thin layer of metal is spread, contributing nothing chemically.
Topics that use support medium
- Catalysts (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- active sites
- autocatalysis
- catalyst
- catalytic converters
- economic consequences
- Haber process
- intermediate species
- ion repulsion and high activation energy
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