Catalyst: A substance that increases reaction rate by providing an alternative pathway with lower activation energy, and is not consumed.
How to apply it: Explain how catalysts appear in the mechanism but not in the overall balanced equation.
Course: AP Chemistry · Unit: Kinetics
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