Catalysis Memes

Chemistry exam questions getting weirdly personal about platinum! The question is about why SHE (Standard Hydrogen Electrode) is coated with black platinum - it's to increase surface area and roughness for better catalytic activity. But written this way, it sounds like someone's gossiping about a woman's fashion choices! Chemistry professors sneaking in dad jokes since the dawn of periodic tables. Next question: "Why does Na never text back? Too reactive in relationships!"

Chemists spend weeks perfecting reactions with expensive equipment and hazardous conditions, while bacteria just casually flex with nitrogenase enzymes fixing nitrogen in milliseconds. The Haber Process requires 450°C, 200 atmospheres of pressure, and iron catalysts to make ammonia. Meanwhile, bacteria are doing the same thing at room temperature with their enzyme toolkit. It's like comparing someone building a house with hand tools versus a 3D printer that spits out mansions. Nature's been optimizing these reactions for billions of years while we're still figuring out the instruction manual.