JERICHO A SANCHEZ NOVEMBER 2020

STEM 12-2

DAILY NEWS

WHAT IS DISCOVERY
CATALYST? S cientists are extraordinary for discovering new products that

A ccording to the website can help people and also to lessen the burden of society.
chemicool.com, A catalyst is a Discovering a catalyst are extremely helpful in times of
substance that speeds up a influenza epidemic Without this, flu medicines will take years
chemical reaction, but is not before it will reach the enough number of productions. The
consumed by the reaction; catalyst process had been approved by the scientists, they
hence a catalyst can be discovered that it works by lowering its energy of transition
recovered chemically state for the mechanism reaction to change. It can also
unchanged at the end of the provide different transition rate. And as a result of this, more
reaction it has been used to collisions have the energy needed to reach the transition state
speed up, or catalyze. The first that will cause the catalyst to enable reactions that would
chemical reaction in organic whether be blocked or slowed by a kinetic barrier. A lot of
chemistry that utilized a benefits can catalyst give. One of these are for doctors, they
catalyst was studied in 1811 by are one of the people who will have a relief especially during
Gottlieb Kirchhoff who the influenza epidemic. Their work will be lessened if the
discovered the acid-catalyzed production of flu medicine will increase. In addition, not only
conversion of starch to for doctors and for production of medicine that catalyst can
glucose. be helpful.
The catalyst discovery speeds up the rate of reaction so it
means that it can save money because the plant doesn't have
to operates for as long to produce the same amount of
product. This can also be a help for government to save
money in providing the budget for medicine. Lastly, catalyst
can also save energy that used up in a reaction which is good
for sustainable development because it allows the reaction to
work only at lower temperature.

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