A study of catalytic actions at solid surfaces. V.—The rate of change conditioned by a nickel catalyst and its bearing on the law of mass action

Abstract

In recent communications attention has been drawn to the analogy between the action of enzymes, which are essentially colloidal organic catalysts and of metallic catalysts, such as nickel, both of which are active in virtue of their surface at which the chemical action takes place. It is possible to study the behaviour of the nickel catalyst with considerable accuracy under a variety of conditions, so that the opportunity is afforded of investigating the laws governing the rate of action in its presence, and comparing the results with those obtained with enzymes.