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Nitric oxide from supersonic aircraft depletes stratospheric ozone through the steps and . The net reaction and the role of are

  1. A, with acting as a catalyst
  2. B, with acting as a catalyst
  3. C, with acting as a reactant that is consumed
  4. D, with acting as a catalyst

Answer: B

Adding the two steps and cancelling the gives . is used in the first step and regenerated in the second, so it is a catalyst.
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