1. Significant changes in the reaction can be brought out by the addition of a substance called catalyst.
2. A catalyst is substance which alters the rate of a reaction without itself undergoing any permanent chemical change.
3. They may participate in the reaction, but again regenerated and the end of the reaction.
4. In the presence of a catalyst, the energy of activation is lowered and hence, greater number of molecules can cross the energy barrier and change over to products, thereby increasing the rate of the reaction.
5. For example, decomposition of potassium chlorate is enhanced by addition of MnO2
