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A catalyst influences a chemical reaction by lowering the energy of activation or required energy needed to jump start the reaction. It does this by binding onto the reacting substrates and orients them together in favourable confrontations during the transition state allowing the bond breaking and forming to occur quicker, resulting in products of certain potential energy.
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