The hydrogenation of unsaturated hydrocarbons is

an important industrial process. Precious metals,

such as platinum and palladium, can greatly

increase the rate of this reaction. During this

process, the gaseous reactants are pumped

across a layer of metal powder. An example of this

process is shown below.

Describe how the metal probably increases the

reaction rate, identify whether this is an example

of homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysis, and

explain how you know.

The metal probably increases reaction rate by either holding reactant molecules in the correct orientation to react or by weakening or breaking bonds in reactant molecules to make them more reactive.

This is an example of heterogeneous catalysis.

It is heterogeneous catalysis because the catalyst is a solid and the reactants are gases. In heterogeneous catalysis, the catalyst is in a different phase than the reactants.

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