What will occur if a catalyst is added to a reaction mixture?

1 Answer
Dec 28, 2017

Possibly nothing....

Explanation:

Catalysts are not magic; they can only work on a specific reaction. Catalysts generally reduce the activation energy of the reaction, so that the given reaction reaches equilibrium more quickly. Catalysts cannot change the position of the equilibrium....

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You will note from the graph that the energy change of the reaction, i.e. #DeltaE_"rxn"^@# is CONSTANT....