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Which outcome occurs with insufficient energy input in an ammonia synthesis reactor?

A)Reaction rate becomes kinetically limited
B)Catalyst surface area rapidly increases
C)Equilibrium favors product formation
D)Ammonia production reaches thermodynamic limits

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When energy input is low, the reaction rate becomes kinetically limited due to meeting the activation energy barrier; this lowers the rate of collisions following the Arrhenius equation. Therefore, the reaction slows, rather than other effects on the catalyst or equilibrium at high energy supply.

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