catalysis

noun

ca·tal·y·sis kə-ˈta-lə-səs

plural catalyses kə-ˈta-lə-ˌsēz

: a modification and especially increase in the rate of a chemical reaction induced by material unchanged chemically at the end of the reaction

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web More than 90 percent of all industrial-chemical processes depend on catalysis. —

IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023 Thanks to the catalytic converter in their cars, most people have an idea of what catalysis is. —

IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023 Traditional catalysis has relied on the use of metals and enzymes. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021 List and MacMillan, working independently, developed a new kind of catalysis, called organocatalysis, which uses small, organic molecules that allows the process to be cheaper and better for the environment than the traditional methods. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021 The Nobel panel said List and MacMillan in 2000 independently developed a new way of catalysis. —

BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021 In a new evaluation run by the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory, NuScale’s nuclear module performed effective catalysis for hydrogen. —

Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2020 At the surface Where the SrTiO3 tends to fall short is in the catalysis. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 May 2020 That crystalline structure imparts mechanical properties that are useful for catalysis, gas storage, and drug delivery, for example. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 July 2019 See More

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