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Catalyst
(redirected from catalysis)

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Catalyst
Something that initiates or causes an important event to happen. Originally a term used in chemistry for the volatile (active) chemical in a formula.

Notes:
Quite often you will hear someone say that a stock needs a catalyst. This means that the stock needs some good news or a press release to get people interested in the stock again.

See also: Press Release

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Licocene PP MA 6452 TP is manufactured using metallocene catalysis.
Today, the remote city is the center of exploration on catalysis as more than 450 researchers spend their days toiling away devising new catalysts to boost fuel cell efficiency, with the team currently working to develop a catalyst that can extract hydrogen from methane.
He adds that such precisely controlled movement could improve catalysis and data storage.
 
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