Illustration of the Sabatier principle in heterogeneous catalysis. Inspired by https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951714003686
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% Illustration of the Sabatier principle in heterogeneous catalysis.% Inspired by https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951714003686\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}\usetikzlibrary{shapes}\begin{document}\begin{tikzpicture}[thick, align=center]\fill[blue!20] (0,0) rectangle (4.5,4);\fill[orange!20] (4.5,0) rectangle (8,4);\node at (2.5,1) {limited by\\desorption\\of product};\node at (6,1) {limited by\\activation\\of reactant};\node[ellipse, fill=teal!50, inner sep=2pt] at (4.5,4.2) {Sabatier\\optimum};\draw[->] (-1,0) -- (8,0) node[below, pos=0.17] {weak} node[below, pos=0.55, font=\bfseries] {bond strength} node[below, pos=0.92] {strong};\draw[->] (0,-1) -- (0,5) node[below right, font=\bfseries] {reaction rate};\draw[rounded corners=5ex, very thick] (0,1) -- (4.5,4) -- (8,1);\end{tikzpicture}\end{document}
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