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Offline Manjaro

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Catalyst
« on: March 10, 2008, 06:14:35 PM »
If you added a catalyst to a system would it change the direction of the equilibrium, if so would it be to the left or to the right?
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Re: Catalyst
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2008, 06:48:59 PM »
No, a catalyst affects the rate of a reaction, not the direction.  This is important to remember, it is a common confusion, and it gives rise to a common fake perpetual motion machine.
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Re: Catalyst
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2008, 08:31:37 AM »
Thanks Arkcon that helped.
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