When an industrial fixed-bed reactor experiences catalyst poisoning, which effect dominates the rate?

💡 Explanation

Decreased active site availability occurs because the poisoning agents block the catalytic surface following physisorption, therefore less reactant is adsorbed thereby decreasing the overall reaction rate, rather than altering intrinsic activation barriers.

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