Catalysts
Homogenous Catalysts are in the same physical state as the reactants.
Heterogenous Catalysts are in a different physical phase to the reactants.

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Key terms in this lesson
- rate equation
- An equation that shows how the rate of a reaction depends on the concentration of each reactant, each raised to a power called its order.
- activation energy
- The minimum energy required for a collision between particles to result in a reaction.
More in Rate of Reaction
- Experimental Determination of the Rate of Reaction
- The Rate Equation
- The Order of a Reaction
- The Rate Constant k
- Worked Example
- Half-Lives and Reaction Rate Graphs
- The Rate Determining Step
- The Effect of Temperature and Catalysts on the Rate Constant.
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