Accelerated Chemistry - Catalysis
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Catalysis is a word that is rarely used in daily life, yet it influences many facets of it. If you are interested to know how catalysis changed the way car engines run or how margerine is made, then listen in. References · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annika_S%C3%B6renstam · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBUL2yesR4 · Inorganic Chemistry by C. E. Housecroft, A. G. Sharpe 1st Ed. 2001 ISBN 0582-31080-6 · General Chemistry by D. D. Ebbing 5th Ed. 1996 ISBN 0-395-74415-6 · Organic Chemistry by Clayden, Warren & Wothers · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic_converter · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Speier_esterification#Examples_in_alcoholic_beverages · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarine · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustion · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOx#Health_and_environment_effects · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide#Role_in_ground-level_ozone_formation
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