How do catalysts work?

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Bond breaking is an ___ process?
Endothermic
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Catalysts speed up reactions by providing...?
An alternative reaction pathway for the breaking and remaking of bonds that has a lower activation enthalpy.
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Homogeneous catalysts usually work by forming an ___ with the reactants, which then breaks down to give the ___ and ___ the catalyst?
Intermediate, product, reform
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In the stratosphere, ozone molecules are broken down to give oxygen molecules, the reaction is catalysed by ___ ___ which form an intermediate, __, which then reacts with an ___ ___ to form ___ ___ and regenerate the ___ ___?
Chlorine atoms, ClO, oxygen atom, oxygen molecules, Cl atom
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Homogeneous reactions are more ___ & ___, one example is the production of ethanoic acid from ___?
Specific, controllable, methanol
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Catalysts speed up reactions by providing...?

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An alternative reaction pathway for the breaking and remaking of bonds that has a lower activation enthalpy.

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Homogeneous catalysts usually work by forming an ___ with the reactants, which then breaks down to give the ___ and ___ the catalyst?

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Card 4

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In the stratosphere, ozone molecules are broken down to give oxygen molecules, the reaction is catalysed by ___ ___ which form an intermediate, __, which then reacts with an ___ ___ to form ___ ___ and regenerate the ___ ___?

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Card 5

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Homogeneous reactions are more ___ & ___, one example is the production of ethanoic acid from ___?

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