1) What is a catalyst ? Differentiate a catalyst from an inhibitor and give a sample of each and give examples of each that are of use in the manufacturing industry.
Catalysis and Enzymatic Reactions
Catalysis is the kind of chemical reaction in which the rate (speed) of a reaction is enhanced by the catalyst which is not consumed during the process of reaction and afterward it is removed when the catalyst is not used to make up the impurity in the product. The enzymatic reaction is the reaction that is catalyzed via enzymes.
Lock And Key Model
The lock-and-key model is used to describe the catalytic enzyme activity, based on the interaction between enzyme and substrate. This model considers the lock as an enzyme and the key as a substrate to explain this model. The concept of how a unique distinct key only can have the access to open a particular lock resembles how the specific substrate can only fit into the particular active site of the enzyme. This is significant in understanding the intermolecular interaction between proteins and plays a vital role in drug interaction.
![1) What is a catalyst ? Differentiate a catalyst
from an inhibitor and give a sample of each and
give examples of each that are of use in the
manufacturing industry.
2) Which of the factors that influence reaction
rates is involved in each of the following ?
a) A grass fire spreads more rapidly on a windy
day than on a still day.
b) Sodium reacts more rapidly with water than
iron does.
c) Powdered zinc reacts more rapidly with sulfuric
acid than a large piece of zinc of equal weight
does
d) It is more dangerous to drop a lighted match
into a gasoline tank that has just been emptied
than into one which is completely full.
e) Cake batter will cook only when heated](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2f169717-b38a-461c-b7d8-2a98fef960eb%2F31d8e65b-c138-4bcf-86ad-7e3ebeb7b361%2Fiolnzj_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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