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Which outcome occurs when a malfunctioning platinum catalyst reduces reactor throughput?

A)Increased activation energy requirement
B)Reduced equilibrium product conversion
C)Inhibit reactant diffusion speed
D)Enhanced exothermic back-reaction rate

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Malfunctioning catalysts lower throughput because they reduce the effective surface area for the reaction, decreasing reaction rates based on equilibrium principles; therefore, product formation reduces, rather than affecting activation energy directly or enhancing back-reactions that might require different conditions.

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