Which consequence results when kinetic energy barriers prevent reactions?

💡 Explanation

A kinetic energy barrier necessitates reactants possessing sufficient energy to overcome that barrier; the system undergoes **kinetic trapping**, because the molecules become trapped in a higher energy, metastable sate rather than reaching equilibrium concentrations, if too low initial temperature.

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