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When these processes occur in axially symmetric systems, they are assumed to occur in a set of infinitely thin "plugs." A surrounding jacket maintains the temperature of systems that undergo these processes in "batches." These processes name devices that deviate from ideality if the residence time is less than a fifth of the mixing time; that device is a CSTR. (0[1])The rate of these processes (20[1])is decreased by (0[1])(*) poisoning. (10[5]0[3])Car (10[1]0[1])exhaust (10[3]0[2])undergoes (10[1]0[2])one of these processes (10[1]0[3])in devices that are often stolen because (0[1])they (0[1])contain precious (0[3])metals. (0[2])Magnetic stir bars (0[1])increase the rates of these processes, during which transition states can (0[1])temporarily (0[1])form. For 10 points, name these processes that may involve the rearrangement of bonds. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[14]0[5])

ANSWER: chemical reactions [accept redox reactions; accept batch reactors or continuous stirred tank reactors; prompt on catalysis]
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