Episode 306 - Who Needs a Catalyst?

In this episode, we talk about the need for a catalyst. In chemical reactions, sometimes things don’t happen unless the conditions are just right. The temperature or atmospheric pressure or other externalities must all be ok for the desired outcome to take place. But there is more. Sometimes the desired outcome won’t happen or happens so slowly that it is not viable. Then along comes a catalyst. That is a chemical that is NOT involved in the reaction, but because it is there, the desired reaction happens fast. In life, a catalyst help us do things we otherwise would not do, or do so slowly that it would not be effective. A catalyst makes it faster. I love being a catalyst.