Catalysis
Catalysis: the increase in the rate of a chemical reaction due to the participation of an additional substance called a catalyst, which is not consumed in the catalyzed reaction and can continue to act repeatedly. In general, reactions occur faster with a catalyst because they require less activation energy. In catalyzed mechanisms, the catalyst usually reacts to form a temporary intermediate which then regenerates the original catalyst in a cyclic process. Catalysts work by providing an (alternative) mechanism involving a different transition state and lower activation energy.
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MAY 07, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
MAY 07, 2019
Reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas and finding alternative fuel source are two of the top priorities of the energy industry. A recent study, conducted by ...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
APR 06, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
APR 06, 2019
Earlier this week, the American Chemical Society (ACS) presented 2019 Priestley Medal, the organization's most prestigious honor, to Dr. K. Barry Sharp...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JUN 01, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
JUN 01, 2018
A chemistry team from University of Delaware (UD) reported that they have developed a highly efficient chemical reaction to turn carbon dioxide, the n...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
APR 13, 2018
Technology
APR 13, 2018
Scientists from the Berkeley Lab are printing tubes of water inside other liquids....
WRITTEN BY:
Julia Travers
FEB 22, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
FEB 22, 2018
We are not talking about cracking open eggs and put them into hydrogen fuel cells (not even during Easter). Chemical researchers from the Osaka City Univer...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JAN 19, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JAN 19, 2018
Scientists have long understood the correlation between volcanic eruptions that trigger landslides. But recent research from a study of one of the largest ...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
JAN 18, 2018
According to a recently published study on the American Chemical Society journal ACS Catalysis, a team of engineering researchers from Rice University has...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JAN 08, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JAN 08, 2018
You might not consider Oklahoma to be a particularly intense earthquake zone, but due to an increase in fracking and wastewater disposal, Oklahoma is curre...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
AUG 27, 2017
The reaction mechanism that is responsible for NOx catalytic reduction in diesel engine emission-control process. Credit: Purdue University /Maureen Lifton...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
AUG 18, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
AUG 18, 2017
Schematic showing how a spongy photocatalyst converts carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide. Credit: K. Niu & H. Zheng (Berkeley Lab) In light of th...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
AUG 12, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
AUG 12, 2017
A satellite image shows the intensity o gas flaring at the fuel production sites at Bakken Formation, a geological region covers parts of Montana, North Da...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
MAR 16, 2015
Microbiology
MAR 16, 2015
A robust new material is extraordinarily adept at destroying toxic nerve agents that were first used 100 years ago during World War I and continue to be a ...
WRITTEN BY:
Will Hector
JAN 27, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
JAN 27, 2014
Biofuels offer a reasonable alternative to conventional fuels, and there are many research paths vying for a process that can achieve economical large-scal...
WRITTEN BY:
Jen Ellis
