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Catalysts work principally by lowering the activation energy of the reaction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activation_energy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki
by staticautomatic 7y ago
Catalysts work principally by lowering the activation energy of the reaction.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activation_energy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activation_energy
They don't necessarily bring atoms or molecules together, per se, but some do.
- sfifs 7y agoYes but activation energy is still a "system" level concept. It's not the actual atomic level mechanism that results in the reaction.