catalytic
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- adjective
- /ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk/
- Specialized
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catalítico
- NOx can also be reduced after combustion by selective catalytic reduction and by ammonia injection.
- catalytic converter
- catalytic agent
- catalytic reduction
OK, now let's, let's apply that principle back to this catalytic cycle.
- OK, now let's, let's apply that principle back to this catalytic cycle.
- He suggested what he called auto catalytic sets that are networks of chemicals that are both products and catalysts.
Examples
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The effectiveness of catalytic converters is limited, of course, as U.S. residents know only too well.
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The LTAR program can play a catalytic role in bringing together this latent network.
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The car needs a new catalytic converter, and foreign parts are expensive.
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Anarchists played a catalytic role in the making of the strike.
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The marble strike played a catalytic role in local class formation in 1906.
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It took a law to get catalytic converters to control the pollution.
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OK, on to really the heart of the modern chemical refinery, the fluidized catalytic cracking unit.
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Double mutant (Trp138Phe/Val185Thr) also had a higher catalytic efficiency for glucose than wildtype.
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Pollution reduction is built-in rather than an afterthought added onto a tailpipe, like catalytic converters.
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The mechanic explained that the catalytic converter helps reduce harmful emissions from the engine.
Compounds
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A device in a car's exhaust that changes harmful gases into safer ones
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A refinery machine that uses a catalyst to break heavy oil into lighter fuels like gasoline
How Catalytic
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Etymology
Catalytic comes from the Greek word katalysis, where cata- means 'down' and -lysis means 'to loosen', the same '-lysis' you see in analysis. Think of a catalyst as something that 'loosens' a hold so a chemical reaction can go faster, so catalytic means 'helping a chemical reaction happen faster'.