Important
Catalysts are spatial, temporal, or spatiotemporal entities that facilitate or speed up a process or action.
Catalysts in Chemistry
Definition
A catalyst is a substance that
- speeds up a reaction
- lowers the activation energy/pressure for a reaction
without getting consumed in the process
Catalysts often undergo regeneration - they are used during the mechanism of a reaction, but are recreated at the end of the mechanism for further catalysis