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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.

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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.
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