"potential catalyst" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to something or someone that has the potential to cause or lead to a change or event. Example sentence: The new technology could be a potential catalyst for economic growth in the region.
The women's inclusion is not just symbolic, but a potential catalyst for change.
The wood therefore dries quickly and burns vigorously, providing the potential catalyst for forest fires.
Drought is the only gradual environmental process listed in the statute as a potential catalyst for a presidential disaster declaration.
The results revealed that CLEA lipase from CPH is a potential catalyst for biodiesel production.
The physicochemical properties of the potential catalyst were determined by BET, FESEM and CO2-TPD.
To be launched in 2018, Crossrail is now not only an obsession for planners, engineers and architects, but is also being sold as a potential catalyst for much-needed housing investment and regeneration.
But none seem to please him more than his latest role as potential catalyst of Mr. Berlusconi's success, if Mr. Berlusconi can maintain the slim lead that polls show him to have.
The family are also a potential catalyst for wider change in the neighbourhood: they've been involved with school projects, including walk-to-school weeks, and word is spreading in the neighbourhood about Warrington's role in 10 10.
"Whereas we do not expect the Q3 results to precipitate upgrades to our full year 2006 forecasts, upbeat comments on current trading could provide a potential catalyst for the shares," the broker said.
The one potential catalyst on the horizon is still a few days away: the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates for a fifth time this year at its meeting on Tuesday.
This finding suggests that HABSM can be considered as a potential catalyst for pesticide photodegradation under sunlight.
