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Surface Chemistry

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What are enzymes?

Solution

Answer:

Enzymes are biological catalysts which increase the rate of cellular reactions.
Example

Inversion of cane sugar: The invertase enzyme converts cane sugar into glucose and fructose
$C_{12} H_{22} O_{11} (Aq) + H_{2} O (l) \overset{Invertase}{\to} C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} (aq) + C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} (aq) Cane sugar Glucose Fructose$

Some More Questions From Surface Chemistry Chapter

Why is it essential to wash the precipitate with water before estimating it quantitatively?

What is adsorption?

What do you mean by adsorbent and adsorbate?

What is desorption?

Define physical and chemical adsorption.

Is adsorption exothermic or endothermic?

What is an adsorption isotherm and isobar?

What are the physical states of dispersed phase and dispersion medium of froth?

Name a few common adsorbents.

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