Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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Author: Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17, Problem 14ALQ
. Consider the figure below in answering the following questions.
a. What does a catalyst do to a
b. Which of the pathways in the figure is the catalyzed reaction pathway? How do you know?
c. What is represented by the double-headed arrow?
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Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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