Almost all catalysts work by lowering the activation energy of the reaction with no change in the free energy of the reaction
- So in this case we can say that palladium reduce automobile pollution by catalyzing the reaction between un-burned hydrocarbons and oxygen :
D. by decreasing the activation energy
Increase in temperature makes the atoms speed up, and decrease in temperature makes the atoms move slower.
The following are the classification of each element above:
Nickel - Transitional Metal
Potassium- Alkali Metal
Cadmium- Transitional Metal
Calcium- Alkaline Earth Metal
Barium- Alkaline Earth Metal
I attached a color-coded, labelled period table that will help to see the derivative of my responses.