Introduction to Catalysis .

Catalysts are substances added to a chemical process that do not enter into the
stoichiometry of the reaction but that cause the reaction to proceed faster or make one
.reaction procees faster than others

Mechanism of increasing rate reaction by catalysts

In terms of the transition-state theory, the catalyst reduces the potential energy barrier
(activation energy) over which the reactants must pass to form products. This lowering in
.energy barrier is shown in Figure