How do catalysts function? A. They protect the products from external reactions. B. They increase the activation energy of an elementary step of a reaction. C. They lower the activation energy of an elementary step of a reaction. D. They react with the solvent and increase its reactivity.



Answer :

The answer is C. They lower the activation energy of an elementary step of a reaction
This makes the reaction rate to increase since less energy is required to make a reaction occur.