How does a catalyst work?

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When say a metal like Platinum catalyzes a reaction, what exactly is it doing that is speeding up that reaction?

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~~The super dimple version is, if your trying to light a burn pile on fire, gasoline acts as a catalyst. Catalysts make things happen “more”. Whether faster, cheaper, easier, skipping a step, skipping an ingredient. Catalysts just allow things to happen that would normally require an additional something. Even if that something is “more of this thing you already have”.~~

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