Answer to Question #93931 in Physical Chemistry for Abhishek

Question

Give one example each of chemical reactions
undergoing homogeneous catalysis and
heterogeneous catalysis.

Answer 1

1) Heterogeneous catalysis. Oxidation of sulfur dioxide by oxygen to sulfur trioxide in the presence of vanadium oxide (5)

2) Homogeneous catalysis. The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen in the presence of iodide ions