Meaning | Acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction. |
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Example | "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced" |
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Synonym | contact action |
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Narrower | autocatalysis | catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction |
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Broader | chemical process, chemical change, chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
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Spanish | catálisis |
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Catalan | catàlisi |
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Adjectives | catalytic | relating to or causing or involving catalysis |
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