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What is Autocatalytic reaction?

Definition 13.17 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 13 — Complex Kinetics: Chains, Enzymes and Oscillations

An autocatalytic reaction is one in which a product catalyses its own formation, as in A+X→2 X\mathrm{A + X \to 2\,X}.

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