Which consequence results when reactants cannot overcome activation energy?

💡 Explanation

A high activation energy requires catalysts for a fast approach to thermodynamic equilibrium because uncatalyzed reactions proceed extremely slowly; therefore, equilibrium achievement slows substantially rather than causing catalysts to rapidly degrade, or altering viable reaction products.

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