The creation of carbon monoxide is an effect . what is one cause?

Suppose you got a low yield of benzoin from your benzoin condensation reaction and thus only have 0.300 g of benzoin to use as the starting material for this reaction. how much concentrated nitric acid should you add? (concentrated nitric acid is 15.8 m). write your answer in the form x. xx ml

Which statement is true about a catalyst? a: a catalyst decreases the rate of the reaction. b. a catalyst is consumed during a chemical reaction. c. a catalyst lowers the activation energy of a reaction. d. a catalyst increases the reactant concentration during a reaction.

I'm learning about the periodic tables and what each subject's configuration is. for example, hydrogen is 1s^1, but i don't understand how you get that. can someone me understand how to figure out how to figure this out? sorry if the question makes no sense, but it would really a lot if you could me understand! you so much if you can!