chemical kinetics

How is the Effectiveness of a Catalyst Measured?

The effectiveness of a catalyst can be measured using various metrics:
Turnover Number (TON): The total number of reactant molecules that a single active site converts to product before becoming inactive.
Turnover Frequency (TOF): As mentioned earlier, this is the number of catalytic cycles per unit time.
Catalytic Efficiency: This is the ratio of the rate constant of the catalyzed reaction to the rate constant of the uncatalyzed reaction.

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