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← ScienceWhich consequence results in industrial ammonia synthesis when catalyst surface area diminishes?
A)Equilibrium shifts towards reactants
B)Reaction rate decreases drastically✓
C)Activation energy gets lowered slightly
D)Equilibrium constant also changes
💡 Explanation
A smaller catalyst surface area reduces the frequency of reactant adsorption and subsequent surface reactions due to decreased active sites; therefore, the overall reaction rate decreases drastically, rather than a major shift in equilibrium, because equilibrium depends primarily on thermodynamics.
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