Which consequence results when a platinum catalyst degrades?

💡 Explanation

With the loss of catalyst surface area, increased activation energy is required because catalytic activity decreased. Therefore, overall reaction rate slows, rather than driving temperature increases or shifting equilibrium; equilibrium is about thermodynamics, not kinetics.

• Which outcome occurs when increasing temperature in exothermic reversible reaction at equilibrium?
• Which outcome occurs when high electron density saturates graphene?
• Which outcome results when a fluid's Reynolds number surpasses a critical threshold within a centrifugal pump?
• Which consequence results when a packed-bed reactor's temperature fluctuates rapidly around the optimal value for a kinetically-controlled exothermic reaction?
• Which consequence results when thermal runaway occurs in immobilized enzyme reactors?
• Which outcome results when the pulse width of a LIDAR system's laser is shortened at a fixed pulse energy?