katal
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katal (plural katals)
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.
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Pressures are recorded in " millimetres of mercury " – a non-SI unit *The 21st CGPM (1999) added the katal (symbol kat) for catalytic activity to the list of named derived units.
References External links * Unit "katal" for catalytic activity (IUPAC Technical Report) Pure Appl.
See katal for an example.
The katal is invariant of the measurement procedure, but the numerical quantity value is not and depends on the experimental conditions.