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Carbonic acid is generated by bubbling co2 into a beaker of water. If it took 5 minutes for this reaction to reach equilibrium, how would the results differ if the enzyme carbonic anhydrase was added to
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Carbonic acid is generated by bubbling co2 into a beaker of water. If it took 5 minutes for this reaction to reach equilibrium, how would the results differ if the enzyme carbonic anhydrase was added to the beaker of water?

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The reaction would be faster as the catalyst would find a faster alternative route to reach equilibrium. Catalyst affects aqueous solutions.

So less time is taken to reach equilibrium.
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