The word catalysis comes from the Greek "κατάλυσις", it means dissolution and finishing, which is the process by which the speed of a chemical reaction can be increased, given by the participation of a substance called catalyst and those that deactivate catalysis are called inhibitors. s that is when they suspend some organic function where the catalyst is not modified during the chemical reaction, also what differentiates it is a reagent that is the substance that is used to discover the presence of another.
In the area of the synthesis of many of the industrial chemicals, they are chemical compounds destined to fulfill a function, but generally the one that fulfills the main function is a single component, which is called the most important active component in a catalysis. The poisoning is not produced by the ingestion of a poisonous substance catalysts indicating that an action that occurs in an unwanted process, also used in the chemical industry.
There are various types of catalysis where the catalysts can be heterogeneous, Electrocatalyst, Organocatalysis.
The heterogeneous catalysts, which are form a system that is the substrate is a chemical species that is considered so that clearly expresses the object of the action of other reagents.
Electrocatalyst, in the context of electrochemistry, specifically in fuel cell engineering, contains various metals and is used to improve the speeds of the half-reactions that make up the fuel cell.
Organocatalysis, is a branch of organic chemistry that is based on the study of organic reactions catalyzed by merely organic substances.
