Which outcome reduces the reaction rate when high-temperature cracking of ethane to ethylene yields carbon particle formation at reactor walls?

💡 Explanation

Decreased chain propagation efficiency reduces reaction rates because carbon particles terminate radical chains through surface adsorption, lowering the radical concentration. Therefore, less ethylene production, rather than more, occurs because increased initiation or heat dissipation would usually accelerate the cracking rate.

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