Catalase Lab Report

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Interpretation

1. Theoretical Lab Discussion
This lab occurs due to enzyme kinetics, and the kinetics molecular theory. Enzyme kinetics is the study of chemical reactions that are catalysed by enzymes, and during the experiments, the reaction rate was measured by the effects of the varying conditions the substrate was in.

Influence of Catalase Concentration
The higher the concentration of the enzyme catalase, the function of the enzyme occurs better. As the number of disks increased, the concentration increased. Catalase breaks the hydrogen peroxide down quickly at the beginning of the experiment as catalase is a very fast enzyme that breaks down H2O2. The rate of reaction increased and the amount of absolute pressure increase. The enzyme

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