A catalyst is a substance which changes the rate of a chemical reaction.

Catalyst may also refer to:

Buildings

  • Catalyst (building), a high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Catalyst (museum), a hands-on science centre and chemical industry museum in Widnes in Cheshire in England
  • The Catalyst (nightclub), a music venue in Santa Cruz, California

Economics and finance

  • Economic catalyst
  • Stock catalyst

Events

  • Catalyst Conference, an annual nondenominational Christian event

Media and entertainment

Games

  • Catalyst (role-playing game supplements), a series of fantasy role-playing game supplements
  • Catalyst, an indie role-playing game published by Cherry Picked Games in 2015
  • The Catalyst, a fictional character in Mass Effect 3
  • Catalyst, a playable character in the video game 2019 Apex Legends

Literature and publications

  • Catalyst (journal), left-wing scholarly journal published by Jacobin
  • Catalyst (magazine), published by the RMIT University Student Union
  • Catalyst (novel), by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Catalyst, fourth book in Fletcher DeLancey's Chronicles of Alsea series
  • The Catalyst (Doctor Who audio), a 2008 Doctor Who audiobook
  • The Catalyst (American newspaper), an American weekly newspaper
  • The Catalyst (Philippine newspaper), the official student publication of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
  • Catalyst, a freesheet of the Solidarity Federation
  • Catalyst, a magazine published by the Commission for Racial Equality in the United Kingdom
  • Catalyst, a publication of the Union of Concerned Scientists
  • The Catalyst, a science fiction novel by Charles L. Harness
  • Catalyst, the journal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights
  • Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel, a direct prequel novel to the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Music

  • Catalyst (New Found Glory album), 2004
  • Catalyst (Prototype album), 2012
  • Catalyst (band), an American funk-jazz band
  • "The Catalyst", a 2010 song by Linkin Park
  • The Catalyst (album), a 2024 studio album by Amaranthe
  • The Catalyst, a 2017 studio album by Neurotech

Television and film

  • Catalyst (1990 TV program), an Australian science and technology television series
  • Catalyst (TV program), an Australian science journal
  • "Catalysts" (The Spectacular Spider-Man), an episode of the animated television series The Spectacular Spider-Man
  • Catalyst, a BBC Two television ident first aired in 2000 (see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents)

Organizations

  • Catalyst (nonprofit organization), an organization that promotes inclusive workplaces for women
  • Catalyst (science park), Northern Ireland
  • Catalyst (think tank), a socialist left political think tank based in London, United Kingdom
  • Catalyst Paper, a Canadian paper mill company
  • Catalyst Technologies, one of the first company incubators, founded by Nolan Bushnell

Technology

  • Catalyst (software), a web application framework
  • Alchemy Catalyst, an Internationalization and localization tool
  • AMD Catalyst, formerly ATI Catalyst, a software suite for graphic cards
  • Cisco Catalyst, a line of network switches
  • General Electric Catalyst, a turboprop aircraft engine under development by GE Aviation
  • Catalyst, a line of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne
  • AudioCatalyst, a software package from Xing Technology
  • Gentoo Catalyst, a tool to create Gentoo Linux environments
  • Mac Catalyst, a software development tool for macOS

See also

  • Catalist, an American corporation
  • Catalytic converter, a device in modern vehicles to reduce emissions
  • Katalyst (disambiguation)
  • Qatalyst Group, a corporate advisory firm