acid catalysis.
Friday 15 November 2002
File Under: Science Metaphors For Life
"He was like an acid catalyst!
"Basically he was just donating and removing protons where
I needed them and when he was finished, he left, unchanged. But there I was, some new and interesting
compound..."
That's the thing about catalysts.
They're pretty boring and pointless on their
own (e.g. H3O+) but
some reactions just AREN'T going to happen without them.