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Which risk increases when increasing reactant concentration in autocatalysis?

A)Runaway reaction rate escalation
B)Reduced catalyst reaction specificity
C)Equilibrium shifts favoring reactants
D)Decreased product-mediated inhibition rate

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Runaway reaction rate escalation increases because the autocatalysis mechanism involves positive feedback to accelerating reaction rate. This leads to potential instability; therefore, a rate surge rather than equilibrium shift occurs, because substrate activation overrides inhibition.

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