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In this chapter we expand on the law of mass action model of Chapter 7 to deal with catalytic reactions, whereby—after a series of reactions—one of the reactants reemerges to enter the reaction anew.
Many bodies … have the property of exerting on other bodies an action which is very different from chemical affinity. By means of this action they produce decomposition in bodies, and form new compounds into the composition of which they do not enter. This new power, hitherto unknown, is common both in organic and inorganic nature. I shall call it catalytic power. I shall also call Catalysis the decomposition of bodies by this force.
(Berzelius, Edin. New Phil. Jrnl. XXI., 1836)
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Hannon, B., Ruth, M. (2014). Catalyzed Product. In: Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems. Modeling Dynamic Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05615-9_7
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