Sentence examples for be a poor catalyst from inspiring English sources

Gold in a bulk form has been observed to be a poor catalyst.

It was found that the passive film on iron was a poor catalyst for H2O2 chemical decomposition.

Obviously, cis-Pd(CO 2I2 is a poor catalyst in terms of activity as well as selectivity for one of the three bonds studied.

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has a theoretical catalytic activity comparable to Pt but in practice is a poor catalyst in bulk form due to the scarcity of metal edge sites and low electrical conductivity.

Sec-sortase showed a moderate 2 3-fold reduction in catalytic activity in contrast to Hcy-sortase which is a poor catalyst with less than 1% of wild-type activity.

Preparative reactions showed that, compared to 4a, diphenyl diselenide 5 was a poor catalyst and the ionic liquid 1-benzyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide 6 showed no catalytic activity with H2O2 indicating synergy from the combined functionality.

We show that Pt is a poor catalyst for oxidation of sub-atmospheric levels of H2 compared to the MBH from Ralstonia eutropha H16, and that at a platinised electrode, H2 oxidation competes less favourably with reduction of O2 compared to the situation at hydrogenase-modified graphite.

In each of these pairs, one ligand is an extremely good catalyst while the other is a poor catalyst.

Not only is addiction a poor catalyst for creativity — the sometimes brilliant works of drug addicts and alcoholics are achieved in spite of their demons — but it turns out to be a less-than-satisfying subject.

Despite the use of a slightly elevated temperature (60°C), methanol and the formate ion were inactive, at potentials less than ca 1.3 V (rhe), at copper at high pH; the electrode is apparently a poor catalyst for activating these molecules with respect to oxidation at low potentials.

However, bulk WS2 is a poor HER catalyst.