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A negative catalyst ......... the activa...

A negative catalyst ......... the activation energy.

A

raise the energy of activation for a given reaction

B

take away the international energy of reactants and deactivate them

C

catalyst the backward reaction more than the forward one, thereby shifting equilibrium backward.

D

none of these

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B
Negative catalyst provides a path of higher activation energy
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