catalysis
ca·ta·ly·sis
noun
1.
acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
- “of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced”
Origin
From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”). By surface analysis, cata- + -lysis.
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