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Catalysts In Action
ADVANTAGES + Disadavantages
Catalysts are used everyday as they have great advantages however they also have some disadvantages.
Advantages
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Less energy is used so therefore lower temperatures can be used and sometimes lower pressures can be used to carry out chemical reactions.
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Cataylists can speed up reactions.
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They are re-usable ergo they can be used over and over again.
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Catalysts can also lower the production cost of making useful products.
Disadvantages
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Catalysts can sometimes be toxic. For example when using transition metals there is a possiblity that it might be toxic when they are released into the environment.
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Catalysts can also be expensive e.g Gold.
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