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Which risk arises when industrial exothermic reactor cooling fails?

A)Runaway reaction accelerates exponentially
B)Catalyst deactivation lowers yield
C)Equilibrium shifts favor reactants
D)Reversible reaction spontaneously reverses

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A runaway reaction escalates because positive feedback from uncontrolled thermal energy accelerates the reaction rate via Arrhenius equation, therefore, the exponential rate increase poses a serious risk rather than any equilibrium shifts or catalyst deactivation. The dominant effect becomes thermal runaway.

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