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catalytic

British  
/ ˌkætəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to catalysis; involving a catalyst

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  • catalytically adverb

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It relies on iron, which is inexpensive, widely available, and far less toxic than the rare and precious metals often used in catalytic chemistry.

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"There's been no clear understanding of the surface structure of tungsten carbide because it's really difficult to measure the catalytic surface inside the chambers where these chemical reactions take place," she says.

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The researchers note that this method could be adapted to different metal combinations and catalytic reactions, opening new opportunities for designing next generation electrocatalysts based on abundant natural resources.

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With this challenge in mind, a team of organic and computational chemists at WPI-ICReDD at Hokkaido University has developed a catalytic strategy that finally enables the formation of alkyl ketyl radicals.

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At the U.N.’s COP30 climate talks, the focus was on “catalytic capital,” a type of leveraged finance where a small pool of capital is used to attract a much larger one.

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