Which outcome occurs when a catalyst reaches its equilibrium saturation point?

💡 Explanation

The product formation rate plateaus because all the catalyst's active sites are occupied, therefore saturation hinders further increase, rather than the free energy decrease since that depends on reaction favourability.

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