Definition of Catalyzer

1. Noun. That which catalyzes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catalyzer

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Catalyzer

1. A substance that accelerates a chemical reaction, but is not consumed or changed in the process. (16 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catalyzer

catalytic
catalytic activity
catalytic agent
catalytic antibody
catalytic centre
catalytic converter
catalytic converters
catalytic cracker
catalytic model
catalytic reformer
catalytic site
catalytically
catalyzation
catalyze
catalyzed
catalyzer (current term)
catalyzers
catalyzes
catalyzing
catamaran
catamarans
catamarcaite
catamenial pneumothorax
catamites
catamitism
catamnesis

Literary usage of Catalyzer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"The catalyzer itself has consisted of various forms of platinum in the shape of ... Combustion takes place on the surface of the catalyzer, producing a ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Ostwald has pointed out that the influence of the catalyzer is solely to modify the time factor. Reactions which may proceed ordinarily with a velocity so ..."

3. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"In order that a substance should act as a catalyzer the following conditions ... A small amount of the catalyzer must be capable of effecting a large amount ..."

4. The Elements of Physical Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1915)
"In order that a substance should act as a catalyzer the following conditions ... A small amount of the catalyzer must be capable of effecting a large amount ..."

5. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1916)
"G. Calvert (BP 10612, of 1914) causes nitrogen and hydrogen to unite under pressure in the presence of a heated catalyzer, action being promoted by moving ..."

6. Artificial Parthenogenesis and Fertilization by Jacques Loeb (1913)
"Two possibilities exist for the explanation of the activation of the egg by a spermatozoon: either the spermatozoon carries a ferment or a catalyzer into ..."

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